ganglion meaning

[ˈɡæŋɡliən]

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In anatomy, a ganglion (/ˈɡæŋɡliən/ GANG-glee-ən; plural ganglia) is a nerve cell cluster or a group of nerve cell bodies located in the autonomic nervous system.

Definition of ganglion in English Dictionary

NounPLganglionsPLgangliaPREganglio-SUF-ion
1. (neuroanatomy).
  1. The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
  - First, a single large ganglion near the base of each arm colabeled.
  - While axial ganglia have not been identified in adult squid, these paralarval structures could be similar to octopus axial ganglia.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - A, anterior; AC, anterior crista; BP, basilar papilla; CG: cochleolagenar ganglion; M, medial; PC, posterior crista; SM, saccular macula; UM, utricular macula; VG, vestibular ganglion.
  - By in situ hybridization, expression of all 3 microRNAs is robust in immature hair cells of both auditory and vestibular organs and is present in the statoacoustic ganglion.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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