andersch ganglion

  • 1Andersch ganglion nerve — An·dersch ganglion, nerve (ahnґdərsh) [Carolus Samuel Andersch, German anatomist, 1732–1777] see ganglion inferius nervi glossopharyngei and nervus tympanicus …

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  • 2Andersch ganglion — g. caudalis nervi glossopharyngei …

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  • 3Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… …

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  • 4Andersch — Carolus Samuel, German anatomist, 1732–1777. See A. ganglion, A. nerve …

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  • 5Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated …

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