Pseudo-ganglion

(su-do-gang' -gle-on). A false ganglion, usually a slight thickening of a nerve. P. of Bochdalek, an enlargement of a branch of the middle alveolar nerve from which fibers descend to supply the canine teeth. P. of the Circumflex Nerve, an expansion of a branch of the nerve which goes to the teres major. P. of Cloquet, a thickening of the palatine branches of the nasopalatine nerve. P., Valentin's, a slight thickening at the junction of certain divisions of the middle alveolar branch of the maxillary nerve.