Anatomy
autonomic ganglion
au·to·nom·ic gan·gli·on
Subclass of:
Autonomic nervous system; Ganglia
Definitions related to autonomic ganglion:
  • A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system, which consists of large, multipolar, motor neurons. There are two types of autonomic ganglia: sympathetic ganglia lie close to the CNS in sympathetic chain, or in clusters called prevertebral ganglia, and parasympathetic ganglia occur farther from CNS, often in target organs.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (ganglia, autonomic) Clusters of neurons and their processes in the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic ganglia, the preganglionic fibers from the central nervous system synapse onto the neurons whose axons are the postganglionic fibers innervating target organs. The ganglia also contain intrinsic neurons and supporting cells and preganglionic fibers passing through to other ganglia.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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