Submandibular ganglion
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The submandibular ganglion is one of four parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck. It receives parasympathetic fibres from the facial nerve.
Gross anatomy
- small ganglion suspended from the undersurface of the lingual nerve
- inferior to submandibular duct sitting on the hyoglossus muscle
- supplies secretomotor fibres to the sublingual and submandibular salivary glands
Roots
- parasympathetic root
- from the superior salivary nucleus via the nervus intermedius and then the chorda tympani of the facial nerve
- sympathetic root
- via the facial artery, vasomotor fibres from the superior cervical ganglion
- sensory root
- via the lingual nerve
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-<p>The <strong>submandibular ganglion</strong> is one of four <a href="/articles/parasympathetic-ganglia">parasympathetic ganglia</a> of the head and neck. It receives parasympathetic fibres from the <a href="/articles/facial-nerve">facial nerve</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><ul>- +<p>The <strong>submandibular ganglion</strong> is one of four <a href="/articles/parasympathetic-ganglia-in-the-head-and-neck">parasympathetic ganglia</a> of the head and neck. It receives parasympathetic fibres from the <a href="/articles/facial-nerve">facial nerve</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><ul>
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