Paravertebral ganglia — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglia trunci sympathici GraySubject = 214 GrayPage = 976 Caption = Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus. (Sympathetic trunk labeled at center left.)… … Wikipedia
paravertebral — Alongside a vertebra or the vertebral column. * * * para·ver·te·bral (.)vər tē brəl, vərt ə adj situated, occurring, or performed beside or adjacent to the spinal column <paravertebral ganglia> para·ver·te·bral·ly ē adv * * *… … Medical dictionary
Cervical ganglia — Nerve: Cervical ganglia Diagram of the cervical sympathetic. Gray s subject #216 978 The cervical ganglia are paravertebral ganglia of the … Wikipedia
Prevertebral ganglia — Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus … Wikipedia
Celiac ganglia — Nerve: Celiac ganglia The celiac ganglia with the sympathetic plexuses of the abdominal viscera radiating from the ganglia. (Celiac ganglion labeled at center right.) … Wikipedia
Lumbar ganglia — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglia lumbalia GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Lower half of right sympathetic cord. Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = BranchTo = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = g 02 DorlandsSuf = 12384652 The… … Wikipedia
Thoracic ganglia — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglia thoracica GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Lower half of right sympathetic cord. Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = BranchTo = thoracic splanchnic nerves, stellate ganglion MeshName = MeshNumber … Wikipedia
Sacral ganglia — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglia sacralia GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = BranchTo = sacral splanchnic nerves MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = g 02 DorlandsSuf = 12384843 The sacral… … Wikipedia
Autonomic nervous system — The autonomic nervous system Blue = parasympathetic Red = sympathetic Latin divisio autonomica systematis nervosi peripherici The autonomic nervous system (ANS or visceral nervous syste … Wikipedia
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
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium