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Ganglion (-and) 2

Ganglion (-and) 2 [ganglion, - a – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya); ganglium – LNH (The Leningrad histologic nomenclature); synonym: a nerve knot] – the limited accumulation of neurons placed on the course of a nerve and covered with the capsule from connecting fabric; the ganglion also contains nerve terminations, nerve fibrils and blood vessels.

 
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