Notes
This small parasympathetic ganglion was found within the body of the tongue, in association with the minor salivary glands which it innervates.
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Each nerve cell body is quite conspicuous, with relatively basophilic cytoplasm, with a large round euchromatic nucleus, and with a single prominent nucleolus.
The many smaller nuclei associated with this ganglion belong to satellite cells and Schwann cells, as well as fibroblasts of the surrounding connective tissue.
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