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GANGLION
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Irregular inflected form: ganglia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ganglion" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ganglion"):
autonomic ganglion (any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs)
basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)
Holonyms ("ganglion" is a part of...):
nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)
Context examples:
It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve.
(Optic Disc, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A sympathetic ganglion located adjacent to the spinal column.
(Para-Spinal Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)
A tumor characterized by the presence of mature ganglion cells and neuronal differentiation, arising in the pituitary gland.
(Pituitary Gland Gangliocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A neuroblastic tumor characterized by the presence of neuroblastic cells, the absence of ganglion cells, and the absence of a prominent Schwannian stroma formation.
(Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes tumors that are composed of immature round cells and tumors that display advanced differentiation and the formation of ganglion cells.
(Neuroblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A meningioma that affects the trigeminal ganglion.
(Gasserian Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)
The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar.
(Murine Dorsal Root Ganglion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor characterized by the presence of poorly differentiated or undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells and ganglion cells.
(Cerebral Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A neuroblastic tumor characterized by the presence of neuroblastic cells, ganglion cells, and a stroma with Schwannian differentiation constituting more than fifty-percent of the tumor volume.
(Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The innovative treatment—sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block—does not involve needles touching the patient.
(Innovative Treatment Offers Relief to Children with Frequent Migraine Headaches, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
