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Question 1

Type and site

Answer 1

Small parasympathetic ganglion in infratemporal fossa just below foramen ovale
Suspended by nerve to medial pterygoid nerve from mandibular nerve

Question 2

Roots and branches

Answer 2

Motor root
Sympathetic root
Para sympathetic root

Question 3

Motor root

Answer 3

Two fibers from medial pterygoid nerve that traverse ganglia without relay
Supplying tensor palati and tensor tympani

Question 4

Sympathetic root

Answer 4

Sympathetic plexus around middle meningeal artery
That traverse without relay in the ganglia and it joins Auriculotemporal nerve to supply parotid gland

Question 5

Parasympathetic root

Answer 5

Lesser superficial petrosal nerve
From tympanic plexus from glossopjaryngeal nerve
Leaves skull through foramen ovale to realy in ganglion
Postganglionic fibers join Auriculotemporal nerve to supply parotid gland