ganglion of sympathetic trunk

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• Sympathetic trunk — Nerve: Sympathetic trunk Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus. (Sympathetic trunk labeled at center left.) …   Wikipedia

• Ganglion impar — Gray s subject #214 984 The pelvic portion of each sympathetic trunk is situated in front of the sacrum, medial to the anterior sacral foramina. It consists of four or five small sacral ganglia, connected together by interganglionic cords, and… …   Wikipedia

• sympathetic chain — n either of the pair of ganglionated longitudinal cords of the sympathetic nervous system of which one is situated on each side of the spinal column called also sympathetic trunk compare VERTEBRAL GANGLION * * * truncus sympathicus …   Medical dictionary

• Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… …   Medical dictionary

• ganglion cervicale medium — [TA] middle cervical ganglion: a variable ganglion, often fused with the vertebral ganglion, on the sympathetic trunk at about the level of the cricoid cartilage; its postganglionic fibers are distributed mainly to the heart, cervical region, and …   Medical dictionary

• ganglion cervicale superius — [TA] superior cervical ganglion: the uppermost ganglion on the sympathetic trunk, lying behind the internal carotid artery and in front of the second and third cervical vertebrae; it gives rise to postganglionic fibers to the heart via cervical… …   Medical dictionary

• ganglion cervicothoracicum — [TA] cervicothoracic ganglion: a ganglion on the sympathetic trunk at the level of the 7th cervical and 1st thoracic vertebrae, anterior to the 8th cervical and 1st thoracic nerves; it has two components, the inferior cervical and first thoracic… …   Medical dictionary

• Sympathetic nervous system — A part of the nervous system that serves to accelerate the heart rate, constrict blood vessels, and raise blood pressure. The sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system constitute the autonomic nervous system, the branch of …   Medical dictionary

• Middle cervical ganglion — Nerve: Middle cervical ganglion Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Lower cervical ganglion labeled at center right.) Latin ganglion cervicale medium Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Inferior cervical ganglion — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglion cervicale inferius GraySubject = 216 GrayPage = 980 Caption = Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. (Lower cervical ganglion labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = Plan of right sympathetic cord and… …   Wikipedia

• Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve — Nerve: Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. ( Gang. nodosum visible at center.) Latin ganglion nodosum, ganglion inferius nervi vagi. Gray s …   Wikipedia