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- adjective Relating to Johann Lorentz Gasser (1723–1765),
Austrian anatomist .
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The Semilunar Ganglion (ganglion semilunare [Gasseri]; Gasserian ganglion) occupies a cavity (cavum Meckelii) in the dura mater covering the trigeminal impression near the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone.
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In addition, the two-stage operation for the excision of the Gasserian ganglion provides an observation of extraordinary interest.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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From the carotid and cavernous plexuses pass many nerves, only a few of which need special mention; one unites with the great superficial petrosal to form the Vidian nerve which goes to _Meckel's_ ganglion, branches pass to the Gasserian ganglion, while we have others passing to the third, fourth, the ophthalmic division of the fifth and the sixth nerve, also we have derived from the nerve the sympathetic root of the lenticular ganglion.
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