Location and Size - Located within the jugular foramen - Exits the skull - Smaller than the inferior ganglion - Superior to the inferior ganglion

Sensory Innervation - Provides sensory innervation to the middle ear - Provides sensory innervation to the internal surface of the tympanic membrane - Axons branch from the glossopharyngeal nerve - Forms the tympanic nerve - Travels through the inferior tympanic canaliculus

Tympanic Plexus - Sensory axons provide innervation of the middle ear - Sensory axons provide innervation of the internal surface of the tympanic membrane - Parasympathetic axons branch from the tympanic plexus - Lesser petrosal nerve - Otic ganglion

Central Processes - Neurons in the superior ganglion synapse in the spinal trigeminal nucleus - Glossopharyngeal nerve - Synaptic connections in the spinal trigeminal nucleus - Central processes of the neurons - Glossopharyngeal nerve and spinal trigeminal nucleus connection

References - Rubin, Michael (2017). Netters Concise Neuroanatomy - Safdieh, Joseph E., Netter, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1906-1991 (Updateded.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. pp.253–258. ISBN9780323480918. OCLC946698976. - Neuroanatomy article stub - Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Superior_ganglion_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve&oldid=1182594706 - Categories: Somatic ganglia of the head and neck, Glossopharyngeal nerve, Neuroanatomy stubs