Term Name: cranial ganglion
Synonyms: cranial ganglia, cranial ganglion, cranial ganglion part of peripheral nervous system, cranial ganglion/nerve, cranial nerve ganglion, cranial neural ganglion, cranial neural tree organ ganglion, ganglion of cranial nerve, ganglion of cranial neural tree organ, head ganglion, presumptive cranial ganglia
Definition: the groups of nerve cell bodies associated with the twelve cranial nerves
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001714]

Relationships
is part of: head
has parts: facio-acoustic VII-VIII preganglion complex glossopharyngeal IX preganglion glossopharyngeal-vagus IX-X preganglion complex
is a type of: ganglion
has subtype: acoustico-facial VII-VIII ganglion complex cochlear ganglion cranial sensory ganglion epibranchial ganglion glossopharyngeal-vagus IX-X ganglion complex lateral line ganglion main ciliary ganglion maxillomandibular part of trigeminal ganglion complex profundal part of trigeminal ganglion complex trigeminal ganglion vestibular ganglion vestibulo-cochlear VIII ganglion complex vestibulocochlear ganglion