Sympathetic Ganglion

Preferred Label : Sympathetic Ganglion;

NCIt related terms : SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA;

NCIt definition : A cluster of nerve cell bodies located within one of two paravertebral columns comprised of bundled nerve fibers that extend from the base of the skull to the first coccygeal vertebrae, or in a subsidiary location within the sympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic ganglia play a major role in the fight or flight and other stress-mediated responses.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A mass containing the cell bodies of sympathetic nerves. Sympathetic ganglia exist as paravertebral ganglia (located bilaterally adjacent to the spinal cord) or prevertebral ganglia (located close to the target organ).;

Details

Origin ID

C12467;

UMLS CUI

C0017071;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Autonomic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Peripheral Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Sympathetic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Celiac ganglion [FMA entity]
- sympathetic ganglion [UBERON concept]
- sympathetic ganglion [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Set of coeliac ganglia [FMA entity]
- Sympathetic ganglion [FMA entity]
- Sympathetic ganglion structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ganglia, sympathetic [MeSH Descriptor]
- ganglia, sympathetic [MeSH concept]
- sympathetic ganglion, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sympathetic ganglion [FMA entity]
- Sympathetic ganglion structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ganglia, sympathetic [MeSH concept]
- ganglia, sympathetic [MeSH Descriptor]
- sympathetic ganglion [UBERON concept]
- sympathetic ganglion, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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