Medical Definition of Jacobson's plexus

1. A plexus on the promontory of the labyrinthine wall of the tympanic cavity, formed by the tympanic nerve, an anastomotic branch of the facial, and sympathetic branches from the internal carotid plexus; it supplies the mucosa of the middle ear, mastoid cells, and auditory (eustachian) tube, and gives off the lesser superficial petrosal nerve to the otic ganglion. Synonym: plexus tympanicus, Jacobson's plexus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobson's Plexus

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Jacobinic
Jacobinical
Jacobinism
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Jacobite
Jacobs
Jacobson's anastomosis
Jacobson's canal
Jacobson's cartilage
Jacobson's nerve
Jacobson's organ
Jacobson's plexus
Jacobson's reflex
jacobus
jacobuses
Jacobus Arminius
Jacob Epstein
Jacob Harmensen
jaconet
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Jacopo Robusti
Jacquard
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Jacquard loom
Jacquart's facial angle
Jacqueline Cochran

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