roundish, gray enlargements of the dorsal roots of the spinal nerves, sublingual g., submaxillary g

A g. situated above the deep portion of the submaxillary gland, superior cardiac g. Syn.: g. of Wrisberg. The uppermost of the two ganglia, when two exist, connected with the superficial cardiac plexus. superior cervical g. The largest of the three cervical ganglia, superior g. of the pneumogastric nerve. A g. situated in the jugular foramen which receives fibers from the superior cervical g. of the sympathetic system, from the spinal acce ory nerve, and from the petrous g. of the glo opharyngeal nerve, supramaxillary g. A small g. on the anterior superior dental nerve, above the root of the canine tooth, suprarenal ganglia. Ganglia in the suprarenal plexus, temporal g. A small g. connected with the anterior branches of the superior cervical g. thoracic ganglia. The ganglia, twelve in number, of the thoracic portion of the sympathetic nerve. [Gr., gagglion, swelling, tumor, node.]