Submandibular ganglion

A ganglion associated with the lingual nerve, relaying impulses to the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands.


A ganglion lying between the mylohyoideus and hyoglossus muscles and suspended from the lingual nerve by two small branches. Peripheral fibers pass to the submandibular, sublingual, lingual, and adjacent salivary glands.


 


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