AUTONOMIC GANGLION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autonomic ganglion mean? 

• AUTONOMIC GANGLION (noun)
  The noun AUTONOMIC GANGLION has 1 sense:

1. any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs

  Familiarity information: AUTONOMIC GANGLION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTONOMIC GANGLION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

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)

 Context examples 

A usually small autonomic ganglion of the parasympathetic nervous system.

(Parasympathetic Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)

They synapse in cranial autonomic ganglia or in terminal ganglia near target organs.

(Parasympathetic nervous system, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

In the autonomic ganglia, the preganglionic fibers from the central nervous system synapse onto the neurons whose axons are the postganglionic fibers innervating target organs.

(Autonomic Ganglion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Nicotine acts as an agonist at the nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the autonomic ganglia, at neuromuscular junctions, and in the adrenal medulla and the brain.

(Nicotine, NCI Thesaurus)

A domain for physiological findings related to the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia and plexuses.

(Nervous System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any component of the entire nerve apparatus, including the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses.

(Nervous System Part, NCI Thesaurus)

The entire nerve apparatus, composed of a central part, the brain and spinal cord, and a peripheral part, the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses.

(Murine Nervous System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Upon administration of the patch, nicotine is slowly released into the bloodstream 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 patch, NCI Thesaurus)

An embryonic cell that separates from the neural plate during formation of the neural tube and migrates to give several different lineages of adult cells: the spinal and autonomic ganglia, the glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, and nonneuronal cells, such as chromaffin cells, melanocytes and some haemopoietic cells.

(Neural Crest Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

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 nasal spray, NCI Thesaurus)