autonomic ganglion — noun any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs • Hypernyms: ↑ganglion • Hyponyms: ↑otic ganglion, ↑otoganglion • Part Holonyms: ↑autonomic nervous system, ↑ANS … Useful english dictionary
ganglion autonomicum — [TA] autonomic ganglion: the ganglia found along the sympathetic trunks, on the peripheral plexuses, and within the walls of organs supplied by the autonomic nervous system; they are divided into two structurally similar groups, the sympathetic… … Medical dictionary
autonomic nervous system — noun the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands • Syn: ↑ANS • Hypernyms: ↑neural structure • Part Holonyms: ↑nervous system, ↑systema nervosum … Useful english dictionary
Autonomic nervous system — The autonomic nervous system Blue = parasympathetic Red = sympathetic Latin divisio autonomica systematis nervosi peripherici The autonomic nervous system (ANS or visceral nervous syste … Wikipedia
Ganglion impar — Gray s subject #214 984 The pelvic portion of each sympathetic trunk is situated in front of the sacrum, medial to the anterior sacral foramina. It consists of four or five small sacral ganglia, connected together by interganglionic cords, and… … Wikipedia
ganglion sympatheticum — ganglion sympathicum [TA] sympathetic ganglion: any of the aggregations of cell bodies of primarily adrenergic neurons of the sympathetic nervous system, including the ganglia of the sympathetic trunks, the intermediate ganglia, the prevertebral… … Medical dictionary
Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… … Medical dictionary
Ganglion — In anatomy, a ganglion (pl. ganglia ) is a tissue mass. [DorlandsDict|four/000043442|ganglion] NeurologyIn neurological contexts, ganglia are composed mainly of somata and dendritic structures that often interconnect with other ganglia to form a… … Wikipedia
Ganglion type nicotinic receptor — The ganglion type nicotinic receptor is a type of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, consisting of the subunit combination (α1)2(β4)3 Pharmacology, (Rang, Dale, Ritter Moore, ISBN 0443071454, 5:th ed., Churchill Livingstone 2003) Page 138. ] .It… … Wikipedia
ganglion — Synonyms and related words: afferent neuron, autonomic nervous system, axon, brain, center of activity, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, craniosacral nervous system, dendrite, effector organ, efferent neuron, gray matter, internuncial… … Moby Thesaurus
