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thoracic ganglion — n any of the ganglia of the sympathetic chain in the thoracic region that occur in 12 or fewer pairs … Medical dictionary
first thoracic ganglion — a portion of the ganglion cervicothoracicum, present sometimes as a separate ganglion … Medical dictionary
ganglion thoracicum splanchnicum — [TA] splanchnic thoracic ganglion: a small ganglion formed on the greater thoracic splanchnic nerve near the twelfth thoracic vertebra; called also ganglion splanchnicum and splanchnic g … Medical dictionary
ganglion cervicale inferioris — [TA] inferior cervical ganglion: an inconstant ganglion formed in place of the usual cervicothoracic ganglion by fusion of the lower two cervical ganglia in instances where the first thoracic ganglion remains separate … Medical dictionary
Ganglion impar — Gray s subject #214 984 The pelvic portion of each sympathetic trunk is situated in front of the sacrum, medial to the anterior sacral foramina. It consists of four or five small sacral ganglia, connected together by interganglionic cords, and… … Wikipedia
Thoracic splanchnic nerves — Nerve: Thoracic splanchnic nerves The right sympathetic chain and its connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. (Greater and lesser splanchnic nerves labeled at left.) … Wikipedia
Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… … Medical dictionary
ganglion cervicothoracicum — [TA] cervicothoracic ganglion: a ganglion on the sympathetic trunk at the level of the 7th cervical and 1st thoracic vertebrae, anterior to the 8th cervical and 1st thoracic nerves; it has two components, the inferior cervical and first thoracic… … Medical dictionary
Thoracic ganglia — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = ganglia thoracica GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Lower half of right sympathetic cord. Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = BranchTo = thoracic splanchnic nerves, stellate ganglion MeshName = MeshNumber … Wikipedia
Stellate ganglion — Nerve: Stellate ganglion Plan of right sympathetic cord and splanchnic nerves. (Stellate ganglion not visible, but region is shown.) Latin ganglion cervicothoracicum, ganglion stellatum From … Wikipedia
