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Nervous System > Ganglia > Ganglia, Sensory > Ganglia, Spinal
Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Ganglia, Sensory > Ganglia, Spinal

Preferred term

Ganglia, Spinal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dorsal Root Ganglia
  • Dorsal Root Ganglion
  • Ganglia, Dorsal Root
  • Ganglion, Dorsal Root
  • Ganglion, Spinal
  • Spinal Ganglia
  • Spinal Ganglion

Note

  • sensory ganglia on spinal nerve roots

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • selkäydinhermosolmut

    Finnish

  • ganglion spinale
  • selkäydinganglio
  • selkäydingangliot
  • selkäydinhermosolmu
  • spinaaliganglio
  • spinaaligangliot
  • spinaalihermosolmu
  • spinaalihermosolmut
  • Spinalganglier

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005727

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