Cell Culture Ontology

Last uploaded: July 23, 2014
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000044
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000044
Preferred Name

dorsal root ganglion

Definitions
Sensory ganglia located on the dorsal spinal roots within the vertebral column. The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar. The single primary branch bifurcates sending a peripheral process to carry sensory information from the periphery and a central branch which relays that information to the spinal cord or brain. (MSH) * ganglion found on the posterior root of each spinal nerve, composed of the unipolar nerve cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the nerve. (CSP).
Synonyms
posterior root ganglion
dorsal root ganglia
ganglion spinale
ganglion sensorium nervi spinalis
DRG
ganglion of dorsal root
spinal ganglion part of peripheral nervous system
dorsal root ganglion
ganglion spinalis
spinal ganglion
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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