Anatomy
postganglionic fiber
Subclass of:
Autonomic Pathways; Nerve Fibers
Definitions related to autonomic fibers, postganglionic:
  • (postganglionic fiber) Nerve fibers which project from cell bodies of autonomic ganglia to synapses on target organs.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (postganglionic autonomic fiber) An axon that projects from a nerve cell body within an autonomic ganglion and innervates an effector cell within a target organ.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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