Homo sapiens geniculate ganglion http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Gray789.png GAID:718 geniculate ganglion internal genu geniculate UBERON:0001700 BAMS:GgVII facial VII ganglion MESH:D005830 ganglion geniculi FMA:53414 genicular ganglion neuronames:1535 SCTID:279076005 These (the epibranchial placodes) are focal thickenings of the embryonic ectoderm that form immediately dorsal and caudal of the clefts between the pharyngeal arches in all vertebrates, and they produce the neuroblasts which migrate and condense to form the distal cranial ganglia: the geniculate, petrosal and nodose ganglia. (...) The one substantial difference between the vertebrate pharyngeal arches and those of the protochordates is the presence of the epibranchial placodes but the evolution of these structures was undoubtedly driven by the endoderm.[well established][VHOG] EMAPA:17569 EHDAA2:0004623 UMLS:C0017406 EHDAA:6644 facial ganglion resolve facial VII vs geniculate (see EHDAA2) ganglion genicularum MA:0001076 gVII EFO:0003669 The group of sensory neuron cell bodies associated with the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve). Wikipedia:Geniculate_ganglion EHDAA2:0000491 ZFA:0001291 TAO:0001291 VHOG:0000707 NCIT:C12721 ganglion geniculi nervi facialis EHDAA:5567 cranial ganglion zebrafish component