Learning Modules - Medical Gross Anatomy
Autonomics of the Head and Neck - Page 14 of 14

    
Autonomic innervation of the head - summary

Sympathetic - internal & external carotid nerves/plexuses - innervate blood vessels, sweat glands, superior tarsal and dilator pupillae muscles.

Parasympathetic -
  1. oculomotor n. (III) > inferior division > motor root > ciliary ganglion > short ciliary nn. > sphincter pupillae & ciliary muscles
  2. facial n. (VII) > greater petrosal n. > n. of pterygoid canal > pterygopalatine ganglion > zygomatic n. (V2) > zygomaticotemporal n. > lacrimal n. (V1) > lacrimal gland
  3. facial n. (VII) > chorda tympani > lingual n. (V3) > submandibular ganglion > submandibular & sublingual glands
  4. glossopharyngeal n. (IX) > tympanic n. > tympanic plexus > lesser petrosal n. > otic ganglion > auriculotemporal n. (V3) > parotid gland
  5. vagus n. (X) > pharyngeal, superior laryngeal, and recurrent laryngeal nn. > terminal ganglia > mucous glands

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