See Also: superior salivatory nucleus(medicine)
inferior salivatory nucleus(medicine)
superior vestibular nucleus(medicine)
superior olivary nucleus(medicine)
superior salivary nucleus(medicine)
nucleus salivatorius superior(medicine)
superior central tegmental nucleus(medicine)
nucleus centralis tegmenti superior(medicine)
nucleus sensorius superior nervi trigemini(medicine)
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superior salivatory nucleus (medicine)


superior salivatory nucleus


A group of preganglionic parasympathetic motor neurons situated rostral and lateral to the inferior salivatory nucleus; it governs secretion of the lacrimal, sublingual, and submaxillary glands by way of the facial nerve and the sphenopalatine and submandibular ganglia.

Synonym: nucleus salivatorius superior, superior salivary nucleus.