autonomic ganglion

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n.

Any of the various ganglia that are part of the autonomic nervous system and are located along the sympathetic trunks, on the peripheral plexuses, and within the walls of organs.visceral ganglion

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He equated this response with altered activity of the autonomic nervous system.
Why Do We Cry?|Michael Trimble|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There must therefore be an isolated ganglion in front and two ganglia, close to each other, about two-fifths of an inch back.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Do they actually wound with their dirks the ganglion whose influence is to be done away with?
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
Do they confine themselves to lodging their drop of poison on the ganglion, or at all events in its immediate neighbourhood?
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre

A cinder enters the eye, the report reaches a ganglion, a motor impulse is sent forth, and the eyelid closes.
Your Mind and How to Use It|William Walker Atkinson
A single ganglion represents the nervous system, placed between the two apertures.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various

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