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Meckel's ganglion
Associated persons:
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder
Description:
The sphenopalatine ganglion or the second division of the trigeminal nerve. A small parasympathetic ganglion in the upper part of the sphenomaxillary fossa giving off nerves to eyes, nose, and palate.
Bibliography:
- J. F. Meckel:
Tractatus anatomico physiologicus de quinto pare nervorum cerebri. Göttingen 1748.
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