preganglionic
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preganglionic — [prē gaŋ΄glē än′ik] adj. Zool. of or pertaining to nerve fibers going from the spinal cord to sympathetic ganglia … English World dictionary
preganglionic fibers — preganglionic nerve fibers neurofibrae preganglionicae … Medical dictionary
Preganglionic fibers — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = neurofibrae postganglionicae GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Autonomic nervous system innervation, showing the sympathetic and parasympathetic (craniosacral) systems, in red and blue, respectively Caption2 … Wikipedia
preganglionic — adjective Date: 1895 proximal to a ganglion; specifically of, relating to, or being a usually medullated axon arising from a cell body in the central nervous system and terminating in an autonomic ganglion compare postganglionic … New Collegiate Dictionary
preganglionic — adj. * * * … Universalium
preganglionic — Situated proximal to or preceding a ganglion; referring specifically to the p. motor neurons of the autonomic nervous system (located in the spinal cord and brainstem) and the p., myelinated nerve fibers by which they are connected to the… … Medical dictionary
preganglionic — pre·ganglionic … English syllables
preganglionic — adj. describing fibres in a nerve pathway that end in a ganglion, where they form synapses with postganglionic fibres that continue the pathway to the effector organ, muscle or gland … The new mediacal dictionary
preganglionic — … Useful english dictionary
preganglionic neurons — neurons in the autonomic nervous system whose cell bodies lie in the central nervous system and whose efferent fibers terminate in the autonomic ganglia. See also pars parasympathica divisionis autonomici systematis nervosi, under pars … Medical dictionary
