Anatomy
sensory ganglia
sen·so·ry gan·gli·a
Subclass of:
Peripheral Nervous System;
Ganglia
Definitions related to ganglia, sensory:
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(sensory ganglion) A cluster of nerve cell bodies that transmit sensory impulses and are located on either the dorsal root of a spinal nerve or on certain cranial nerves.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Clusters of neurons in the somatic peripheral nervous system which contain the cell bodies of sensory nerve axons. Sensory ganglia may also have intrinsic interneurons and non-neuronal supporting cells.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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