Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. (Submandibular ganglion visible at bottom left, but not labeled.)
Parasympathetic connections of the submaxillary and superior cervical ganglia. (Submaxillary ganglion labeled at center right.)
Details
Innervates
Submandibular gland, sublingual gland
Identifiers
Latin
ganglion submandibulare
TA98
A14.3.02.009
TA2
6667
FMA
6966
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The submandibular ganglion (or submaxillary ganglion in older texts) is part of the human autonomic nervous system. It is one of four parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck. (The others are the otic ganglion, pterygopalatine ganglion, and ciliary ganglion).
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The submandibularganglion (or submaxillary ganglion in older texts) is part of the human autonomic nervous system. It is one of four parasympathetic ganglia...
submandibularganglion. Increased parasympathetic activity promotes the secretion of saliva. The sympathetic nervous system regulates submandibular secretions...
neck. The others are the ciliary ganglion, the submandibularganglion and the pterygopalatine ganglion. The otic ganglion is a small (2–3 mm), oval shaped...
parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck, (the others being the submandibular, otic, and ciliary ganglion). It is innervated by the Vidian nerve (formed by the...
projects pre-ganglionic visceral motor parasympathetic efferents (via CN VII) to the pterygopalatine ganglion, and submandibularganglion. The term "lacrimal...
gland drains into the submandibular lymph nodes. The chorda tympani nerve (from the facial nerve via the submandibularganglion) is secretomotor and provides...
the sublingual space to reach the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and submandibularganglion. The special sensory fibers originate from the taste buds in the...
synapses with the submandibularganglion. Postsynaptic fibers from the submandibularganglion supply the sublingual and submandibular glands. Upon emerging...
preganglionic fibers synapse at the submandibularganglion and send postganglionic fibers to the sublingual and submandibular salivary glands. The glossopharyngeal...
The submandibular duct (also Wharton's duct or historically submaxillary duct) is one of the salivary excretory ducts. It is about 5 cm long, and its...
otic ganglion, while the submandibular and sublingual glands receive their parasympathetic input from the facial nerve (CN VII) via the submandibular ganglion...
the ciliary ganglion of the oculomotor nerve (III), the pterygopalatine ganglion of the maxillary nerve (V2), the submandibularganglion of the lingual...
seventh cranial nerve, more specifically via the submandibularganglion, chorda tympani, and geniculate ganglion ascending to the solitary nucleus in the brainstem...
with neurons in the submandibularganglion. These postganglionic neurons provide parasympathetic innervation to the submandibular and sublingual glands...
lying immediately beneath the mucous membrane.[citation needed] The submandibularganglion is suspended by two nerve filaments from the lingual nerve.[citation...
The geniculate ganglion (from Latin genu, for "knee") is a bilaterally paired special sense ganglion of the intermediate nerve component of the facial...
papers, "The channel-blocking action of methonium compounds on rat submandibularganglion cells" was recognised in "Landmarks in Pharmacology", a collection...
1984). "The channel-blocking action of methonium compounds on rat submandibularganglion cells". British Journal of Pharmacology. 82 (3): 623–642. doi:10...
to depress and retract the tongue. It forms a part of the floor of submandibular triangle. from the side of the body and from the whole length of the...
starches. There are also two other types of salivary glands; they are submandibular and sublingual glands. Sometimes accessory parotid glands are found...
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