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Glossary
Neuronal Secretomotor Pathway for the Parotid gland
The parasympathetic pathway that stimulates saliva production; begins in the brainstem (inferior salivatory nucleus), tympanic plexus of the glossopharyngeal nerve (Cranial Nerve IX) with the tympanic plexus of the middle ear, as the lesser petrosal nerve to the otic ganglion where it synapses. The post-ganglionic fibre is part of the auriculotemporal nerve (CNV3) which leads to the parotid gland.)
Secretomotor Neuronal pathway of the Submandibular Gland
The parasympathetic pathway that stimulates saliva production: Beginning
at the superior salivatory nucleus of CNVII, the fibres join the lingual
nerve from the chorda tympani while passing through the geniculate ganglion
and later through the submandibular ganglion and other small ganglia.
Post-ganglionic fibres reach the gland either directly or along the
duct
Secretomotor Neural control of Sublingual glands
The parasympathetic pathway that stimulates saliva production follows the same course as the submandibular nerve pathway and separates as postganglionic parasympathetic fibres in the submandibular ganglion. Fibres pass to the sublingual gland via branches of the lingual nerve
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