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Nervous System > Ganglia > Ganglia, Autonomic
Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Autonomic Nervous System > Ganglia, Autonomic

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Ganglia, Autonomic  

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  • Autonomic Ganglia
  • Autonomic Ganglion
  • Ganglion, Autonomic

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  • Clusters of neurons and their processes in the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic ganglia, the preganglionic fibers from the central nervous system synapse onto the neurons whose axons are the postganglionic fibers innervating target organs. The ganglia also contain intrinsic neurons and supporting cells and preganglionic fibers passing through to other ganglia.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005725

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