Ganglion
noun
A structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, usually outside the brain and spinal cord.
The surgeon found a benign ganglion on the patient's hand.
Often appears as...
- ganglion cyst
- ganglion cell
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A mass of nerve tissue containing cell bodies of neurons that is responsible for sending and receiving signals from the body's organ and tissues.
Signals from the body's sensors pass through ganglions on their way to the brain.
Often appears as...
- ganglion neurons
- ganglion impulse
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, usually outside the brain and spinal cord.
The surgeon found a benign ganglion on the patient's hand.
Often appears as...
- ganglion cyst
- ganglion cell
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A mass of nerve tissue containing cell bodies of neurons that is responsible for sending and receiving signals from the body's organ and tissues.
Signals from the body's sensors pass through ganglions on their way to the brain.
Often appears as...
- ganglion neurons
- ganglion impulse
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical discussions to describe nerve cell clusters in body parts other than the brain and spinal cord.
The patient's wrist pain was due to a swollen ganglion.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Usage
Appears in technical or professional medical settings, like reports or during surgery.
We identified the problematic ganglion during the dissection.
Pro Tip 3/3Associated Words
Often found with words like 'cyst', 'cell', and 'block' to describe related medical conditions or treatments.
Her ganglion cyst was aspirated without any complications.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical discussions to describe nerve cell clusters in body parts other than the brain and spinal cord.
The patient's wrist pain was due to a swollen ganglion.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Usage
Appears in technical or professional medical settings, like reports or during surgery.
We identified the problematic ganglion during the dissection.
Pro Tip 3/3Associated Words
Often found with words like 'cyst', 'cell', and 'block' to describe related medical conditions or treatments.
Her ganglion cyst was aspirated without any complications.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical discussions to describe nerve cell clusters in body parts other than the brain and spinal cord.
The patient's wrist pain was due to a swollen ganglion.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Usage
Appears in technical or professional medical settings, like reports or during surgery.
We identified the problematic ganglion during the dissection.
Pro Tip 3/3Associated Words
Often found with words like 'cyst', 'cell', and 'block' to describe related medical conditions or treatments.
Her ganglion cyst was aspirated without any complications.
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Video examples
Michael Dickinson: How a...
And why is the physiology different? Well it turns out it's these neuromodulators, just like the neuromodulators in that little tiny ganglion in the crabs. So here's a picture of the octopamine system. Octopamine is a neuromodulator that seems to play an important role in flight and other behaviors.
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How a fly flies -...
different well it turns out it's these neuromodulators just like the neuromodulators in that little tiny ganglion in the crab so here's a picture of the october immune system octo commune as a neuromodulator that seems to play an important role in flight and other behaviors but this is just one of
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The First Bionic Eye PIPE...
retina that are downstream from the rod and cone cells specifically we're stimulating a layer called the ganglion cell layer and they form the optic nerves and directly sends impulses to the brain
Video examples
Michael Dickinson: How a...
And why is the physiology different? Well it turns out it's these neuromodulators, just like the neuromodulators in that little tiny ganglion in the crabs. So here's a picture of the octopamine system. Octopamine is a neuromodulator that seems to play an important role in flight and other behaviors.
Video examples
How a fly flies -...
different well it turns out it's these neuromodulators just like the neuromodulators in that little tiny ganglion in the crab so here's a picture of the october immune system octo commune as a neuromodulator that seems to play an important role in flight and other behaviors but this is just one of
Video examples
The First Bionic Eye PIPE...
retina that are downstream from the rod and cone cells specifically we're stimulating a layer called the ganglion cell layer and they form the optic nerves and directly sends impulses to the brain
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Quote examples
Frans de Waal
Dutch Scientist
Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.
Quote examples
Frans de Waal
Dutch Scientist
Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.
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