This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Their Presence in the Human and the Cat

Marcos V. Goycoolea, MD, MS, PhD; Michael M. Paparella, MD; Anna-Mary Carpenter, MD, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1982;108(5):276-278.

Abstract
• One hundred human and 100 cat temporal bones were studied for the presence of ganglia and/or ganglion cells. These structures were found at the following two main locations: (1) the promontory wall, both anterior to and below the stapes, and (2) the vertical portion of the facial nerve. In the cat, additional ganglion cells were found within the capsule of the musculus tensor tympani, proximal, medial, and lateral to muscle fibers. The consistent presence of ganglion cells in the mucoperiosteum suggests that they play important roles in the middle ear itself; their presence in the vertical portion of the facial nerve supports the concept that the parasympathetic innervation of the parotid gland is not exclusively via the ninth nerve and/or lends anatomical support to atypical facial pains.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1982;108:276-278)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Otolaryngology (Drs Goycoolea and Paparella) and Anatomy (Dr Carpenter), University of Minnesota College of Medicine, Minneapolis. Dr Goycoolea is now with the Catholic University of Chile and the Military Hospital, Santiago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 12, 1981.

Reprints not available.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?