Autonomic Ganglion

Preferred Label : Autonomic Ganglion;

NCIt synonyms : Autonomic Ganglia;

NCIt definition : A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system, which consists of large, multipolar, motor neurons. There are two types of autonomic ganglia: sympathetic ganglia lie close to the CNS in sympathetic chain, or in clusters called prevertebral ganglia, and parasympathetic ganglia occur farther from CNS, often in target organs.;

Details

Origin ID

C12720;

UMLS CUI

C0017068;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Autonomic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Peripheral Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- autonomic ganglion [UBERON concept]
- autonomic ganglion [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Autonomic ganglion [FMA entity]
- ganglia, autonomic [MeSH Descriptor]
- ganglia, autonomic [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Autonomic ganglion [FMA entity]
- Autonomic plexus ganglia structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- autonomic ganglion [UBERON concept]
- autonomic plexus ganglia [SNOMED Notion]
- ganglia, autonomic [MeSH concept]
- ganglia, autonomic [MeSH Descriptor]

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