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Petrous ganglion
Introduction
The inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve (petrous ganglion) is larger than the superior ganglion and is situated in a depression in the lower border of the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
Editor-In-Chief: Template:Infobox Nerve C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]