AUTONOMIC GANGLION
Dictionary entry overview: What does autonomic ganglion mean?
• AUTONOMIC GANGLION (noun)
The noun AUTONOMIC GANGLION has 1 sense:
1. any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs
Familiarity information: AUTONOMIC GANGLION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AUTONOMIC GANGLION (noun)
Meaning:
Any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("autonomic ganglion" is a kind of...):
ganglion (an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autonomic ganglion"):
otic ganglion; otoganglion (an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland)
Holonyms ("autonomic ganglion" is a part of...):
ANS; autonomic nervous system (the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands)