sympathetic chain

sympathetic chain
sympathetic chain n either of the pair of ganglionated longitudinal cords of the sympathetic nervous system of which one is situated on each side of the spinal column called also sympathetic trunk compare VERTEBRAL GANGLION

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truncus sympathicus.

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