Superior salivary nucleus 4632673 207399256 2008-04-22T17:16:24Z Arcadian 104523 /* Additional images */ -image {{Infobox Brain| Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = nucleus salivatorius superior | GraySubject = 191 | GrayPage = 861 | Image = Gray788.png| Caption = Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Nucleus salivatorius visible at upper left.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | IsPartOf = | Components = | Artery = | Vein = | Acronym = | BrainInfoType = hier | BrainInfoNumber = 585 | MeshName = n_11 | MeshNumber = 12583296 | }} The '''Superior salivary nucleus''' (or '''superior salivatory nucleus''') of the [[facial nerve]] is a visceromotor [[cranial nerve nucleus]] located in the [[pontine tegmentum]]. Parasympathetic efferent fibers of the [[facial nerve]] (preganglionic fibers) arise according to some authors from the small cells of the [[facial nucleus]], or according to others from a special nucleus of cells scattered in the reticular formation, dorso-medial to the [[facial nucleus]]. This is sometimes called the '''superior salivatory nucleus'''. These preganglionic fibers are distributed partly via the [[chorda tympani]] and [[lingual nerves]] to the [[submandibular ganglion]], thence by postganglionic (vasodilator) fibers to the [[submandibular gland]] and [[sublingual gland]]. Some of the [[preganglionic]] fibers pass to the [[sphenopalatine ganglion]] via the [[greater petrosal nerve]]. The term "lacrimal nucleus" is sometimes used to refer to a portion of the superior salivary nucleus.<ref>{{BrainInfo|ancil|329}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Inferior salivary nucleus]] * [[Facial nerve]] * [[Cranial nerves]] ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray696.png|The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. Image:Gray697.png|Nuclei of origin of cranial motor nerves schematically represented; lateral view. </gallery> ==References== <references/> ==External links== * {{BrainstemWisconsin|15Salivatory}} * [http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/pathol/diagrams/viianat.htm Diagram (look for #3)] * [http://128.134.207.22/scripts/home/pic_view.idc?name=CH6-PI59 Diagram] * [http://www.medscape.com/pi/editorial/clinupdates/2000/315/art-tu07.fig5.jpg Cluster Headache Pathogenesis] {{Gray's}} {{neuroanatomy-stub}} {{Rhombencephalon}} {{Cranial nerves}} [[Category:Neuroanatomy]]