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trigeminal ganglion
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The cranial ganglion that is associated with and extends fibers into the trigeminal nerve. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/693 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53171 ]
Term info
Label
trigeminal ganglion
Synonyms
- 5th ganglion
- Gasserian ganglion
- fifth ganglion
- ganglion of trigeminal complex
- semilunar ganglion
- trigeminal V ganglion
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
contributor
https://github.com/ANiknejad, https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/mellybelly
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Gray776.png
editor note
consider renaming this 'trigeminal ganglion complex'. The complex may be fused (amniotes) partially fused (xenopus) or separate (sharks)
external definition
A prominent collection of touch-sensory neurons of the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve, positioned beside the brain between the eye and the ear. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
has narrow synonym
fused trigeminal ganglion
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
Gasser's ganglion, trigeminal ganglia, ganglion of trigeminal nerve, Gasserian ganglia, ganglion trigeminale, trigeminus ganglion, gV, ganglion semilunare
id
UBERON:0001675
taxon notes
In Xenopus, the profundal and the trigeminal ganglia are separate distally but fused at their proximal end as they condense around NF stage 24.