Preferred Name | Autonomic Ganglion | |
Synonyms |
Autonomic Ganglion Autonomic Ganglia |
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Definitions |
A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system, which consists of large, multipolar, motor neurons. There are two types of autonomic ganglia: sympathetic ganglia lie close to the CNS in sympathetic chain, or in clusters called prevertebral ganglia, and parasympathetic ganglia occur farther from CNS, often in target organs. |
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ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12720 |
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code |
C12720 |
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DEFINITION |
A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system, which consists of large, multipolar, motor neurons. There are two types of autonomic ganglia: sympathetic ganglia lie close to the CNS in sympathetic chain, or in clusters called prevertebral ganglia, and parasympathetic ganglia occur farther from CNS, often in target organs. |
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Display_Name |
Autonomic Ganglion |
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FULL_SYN |
Autonomic Ganglion Autonomic Ganglia |
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label |
Autonomic Ganglion |
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Legacy Concept Name |
Autonomic_Ganglion |
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Preferred_Name |
Autonomic Ganglion |
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prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C12720 |
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Semantic_Type |
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component |
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UMLS_CUI |
C0017068 |
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subClassOf |