Anatomy
sympathetic ganglion
Subclass of:
Sympathetic Nervous System; Autonomic ganglion
Definitions related to sympathetic ganglia:
  • A mass containing the cell bodies of sympathetic nerves. Sympathetic ganglia exist as paravertebral ganglia (located bilaterally adjacent to the spinal cord) or prevertebral ganglia (located close to the target organ).
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (sympathetic ganglion) A cluster of nerve cell bodies located within one of two paravertebral columns comprised of bundled nerve fibers that extend from the base of the skull to the first coccygeal vertebrae, or in a subsidiary location within the sympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic ganglia play a major role in the fight or flight and other stress-mediated responses.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (sympathetic ganglion) Any of the aggregations of cell bodies of primarily adrenergic neurons of the sympathetic nervous system.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (ganglia, sympathetic) 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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