splanchnic ganglion

splanchnic ganglion
splanchnic ganglion n a small ganglion on the greater splanchnic nerve that is usu. located near the eleventh or twelfth thoracic vertebra

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splanchnic thoracic ganglion, ganglion splanchnicum g. thoracicum splanchnicum.

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