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AUTONOMIC GANGLION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("autonomic ganglion" is a kind of...):

ganglion (an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autonomic ganglion"):

otic ganglion; otoganglion (an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland)

Holonyms ("autonomic ganglion" is a part of...):

ANS; autonomic nervous system (the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands)

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 Context examples: 

Upon administration of the lozenge, nicotine is released and, although nicotine binds to nicotinic cholinergic receptors at the autonomic ganglia, adrenal medulla and at neuromuscular junctions as well, the binding of nicotine to the receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) appears to be responsible for the addictive nature of nicotine.

(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycopyrrolate binds to peripheral muscarinic receptors and inhibits cholinergic transmission present in the autonomic effector cells of smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, the sinoatrial node, the atrioventricular node, exocrine glands, and in the autonomic ganglia.

(Glycopyrrolate, NCI Thesaurus)