Ganglion
A ganglion (pl.: ganglia) is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system, this includes dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal ganglia among a few others. In the autonomic nervous system, there are both sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia which contain the cell bodies of postganglionic sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons respectively.
| Ganglion | |
|---|---|
Micrograph of a ganglion. H&E stain. | |
| Details | |
| System | Nervous system |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ganglion |
| MeSH | D005724 |
| TA98 | A14.2.00.002 |
| FMA | 5884 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
A pseudoganglion looks like a ganglion, but only has nerve fibers and has no nerve cell bodies.
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