The sympathetic ganglia, or paravertebral ganglia, are autonomic ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. Ganglia are 20,000 to 30,000 afferent and...
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in the ganglia and send their axons to target organs or glands. The ganglia include not just the sympathetic trunks but also the cervical ganglia (superior...
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Prevertebral ganglia (or collateral ganglia, or preaortic ganglia) are sympathetic ganglia situated along the midline, anterior to the aorta and the vertebral...
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The celiac ganglia or coeliac ganglia are two large irregularly shaped masses of nerve tissue in the upper abdomen. Part of the sympathetic subdivision...
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Satellite glial cell (section In sympathetic ganglia)
neuron cell bodies in ganglia of the peripheral nervous system. Thus, they are found in sensory, sympathetic, and parasympathetic ganglia. Both satellite glial...
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Autonomic nervous system (redirect from Sympathetic fibers)
paravertebral ganglia (3) of the sympathetic chain (these run on either side of the vertebral bodies) cervical ganglia (3) thoracic ganglia (12) and rostral...
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The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. Preganglionic nerves from the thoracic spinal cord enter into the cervical...
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Norepinephrine (section Sympathetic nervous system)
Outside the brain, norepinephrine is used as a neurotransmitter by sympathetic ganglia located near the spinal cord or in the abdomen, as well as Merkel...
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impar. Along the length of the sympathetic trunk are sympathetic ganglia known as paravertebral ganglia. The sympathetic trunk (yellow) can be seen just...
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Superior cervical ganglion (redirect from Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion)
largest of the cervical sympathetic ganglia of the sympathetic trunk. It probably formed by the union of four sympathetic ganglia of the cervical spinal...
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