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Ganglia, Sympathetic

Medical Definition: Ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system including the paravertebral and the prevertebral ganglia. Among these are the sympathetic chain ganglia, the superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglia, and the aorticorenal, celiac, and stellate ganglia.
Guide Notes: /surg = probably GANGLIONECTOMY; includes cervical, mesenteric & celiac ganglia but SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION is available; STELLATE GANGLION is also available
Also Called: Celiac Ganglia
Previously Indexed: Ganglia, Autonomic (1966-1979),Sympathetic Nervous System (1966-1979)
Ganglia, Sympathetic Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Stellate Ganglion - A paravertebral sympathetic ganglion formed by the fusion of the inferior cervical and first thoracic ganglia.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Superior Cervical Ganglion - The largest and uppermost of the paravertebral sympathetic ganglia.

Ganglia, Sympathetic Medical Definitions and Terms

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