Ganglion that has dendrites that form a junction between autonomic nerves originating from the central nervous system and autonomic nerves innervating their target organs in the periphery. There are two subtypes, sympathetic ganglion and parasympathetic ganglion. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_ganglion ]
Synonyms: ganglion of visceral nervous system ganglion of autonomic nervous system visceral nervous system ganglion autonomic nervous system ganglion
Term information
- EMAPA:17157
- FMA:5889
- AEO:0001001
- UMLS:C0017068 (ncithesaurus:Autonomic_Ganglion)
- Wikipedia:Autonomic_ganglion
- NCIT:C12720
- CALOHA:TS-2340
- MA:0000220
- MESH:D005725
- EMAPA:18221
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Term relations
- ganglion of peripheral nervous system
- ganglion
- part of some autonomic nervous system
- extends_fibers_into some autonomic nerve