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been described in their connection with the nerves of the 

 head. 



The submaxillary ganglion is of small size, and sends its 

 branches principally to the ducts of the submaxillary and sub- 



Fig. 214.* 



lingual salivary glands, and some few which anastomose with 

 the surrounding branches of the lingual and facial nerves. It is 



* The cranial ganglion of the sympathetic nerve. 1. The ganglion of Ribes. 

 2. The filament by which it communicates with the carotid plexus (3). 4. The 

 ciliary or lenticular ganglion, giving off ciliary branches for the supply of the 

 globe of the eye. 5. Part of the inferior division of the third nerve, receiving 

 a short thick branch from the ganglion. 6. Part of the nasal nerve, receiving 

 a longer branch from the ganglion. 7. A slender filament sent directly back- 

 wards from the ganglion to the sympathetic branches in the cavernous sinus. 

 8. Part of the sixth nerve in the cavernous sinus, receiving two branches from 

 the carotid plexus. 9. Meckel's ganglion (spheno palatine.) 10. Its ascending 

 branches, communicating with the superior maxillary nerve. 11. Its descend- 

 ing branches, the posterior palatine. 12. Its anterior branches, spheno- palatine 

 or nasal. 13. The naso-palatine branch, one of the nasal branches. * The 

 swelling which Cloquet imagines to be a ganglion. 14. The posterior branch 

 of the ganglion, the Vidian nerve. 15. Its carotid branch communicating with 

 the carotid plexus. 16. Its petrosal branch, joining the angular bend of the 

 facial nerve. 17. The facial nerve. 18. The chorda tympani nerve, which 

 descends to join the gustatory nerve. 19. The gustatory nerve. 20. The sub- 

 maxillary ganglion, receiving the chorda tympani nerve from the gustatory. 

 21. The superior cervical ganglion of the sympathetic. 



