Nerve cells in the rabbit cavernous sinus

ABSTRACT

Twelve rabbits were sacrificed in this research and the cavernous sinuses were taken and processed for ordinary histological stains. Nerve cells were found in the cavernous sinus of all cases alongside the internal carotid artery. These cells were exactly similar to those found in the sympathetic ganglia. These nerve cells may send sympathetic nerve fibres, like the satellite ganglion, around the internal carotid artery