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Descriptor English: Trigeminal Ganglion
Descriptor Spanish: Ganglio del Trigémino
Descriptor ganglio del trigémino
Entry term(s) ganglio de Gasser
ganglio semilunar
ganglio trigeminal
ganglio trigémino
Scope note: Ganglio con forma de media luna que contiene las células de origen de la mayoría de las fibras nerviosas sensitivas del nervio trigémino. Se encuentra situado en el interior de la hendidura dural de la superficie cerebral del peñasco del hueso temporal, y sus prolongaciones dan lugar a los nervios oftálmico, maxilar y parte del nervio mandibular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gânglio Trigeminal
Descriptor French: Ganglion trigéminal
Entry term(s): Ganglia, Trigeminal
Ganglion, Gasser's
Ganglion, Gasserian
Ganglion, Semilunar
Ganglion, Trigeminal
Gasser Ganglion
Gasser's Ganglion
Gasserian Ganglion
Gassers Ganglion
Semilunar Ganglion
Semilunar Ganglions
Trigeminal Ganglia
Trigeminal Ganglias
Trigeminal Ganglions
Tree number(s): A08.340.390.850
A08.800.350.850
A08.800.800.120.760.825
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012668
Scope note: The semilunar-shaped ganglion containing the cells of origin of most of the sensory fibers of the trigeminal nerve. It is situated within the dural cleft on the cerebral surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and gives off the ophthalmic, maxillary, and part of the mandibular nerves.
Annotation: neopl: coord IM with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 90; was SEMILUNAR GANGLION see under TRIGEMINAL NERVE 1963-89
Online Note: use TRIGEMINAL NERVE to search SEMILUNAR GANGLION 1966-74; use TRIGEMINAL GANGLION 1975-89
History Note: 90(75); was SEMILUNAR GANGLION see under TRIGEMINAL NERVE 1963-89
DeCS ID: 28309
Unique ID: D012668
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/04/11
Trigeminal Ganglion - Preferred
Concept UI M0019638
Scope note The semilunar-shaped ganglion containing the cells of origin of most of the sensory fibers of the trigeminal nerve. It is situated within the dural cleft on the cerebral surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and gives off the ophthalmic, maxillary, and part of the mandibular nerves.
Preferred term Trigeminal Ganglion
Entry term(s) Ganglia, Trigeminal
Ganglion, Gasser's
Ganglion, Gasserian
Ganglion, Semilunar
Ganglion, Trigeminal
Gasser Ganglion
Gasser's Ganglion
Gasserian Ganglion
Gassers Ganglion
Semilunar Ganglion
Semilunar Ganglions
Trigeminal Ganglia
Trigeminal Ganglias
Trigeminal Ganglions



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