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dorsal root ganglion
- Term ID
- UBERON:0000044
- Synonyms
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- dorsal root ganglia
- dorsal root ganglion
- DRG
- ganglion of dorsal root
- ganglion sensorium nervi spinalis
- ganglion spinale
- ganglion spinalis
- posterior root ganglion
- spinal ganglion
- spinal ganglion part of peripheral nervous system
- Definition
- * Sensory ganglia located on the dorsal spinal roots within the vertebral column. The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar. The single primary branch bifurcates sending a peripheral process to carry sensory information from the periphery and a central branch which relays that information to the spinal cord or brain. (MSH) * ganglion found on the posterior root of each spinal nerve, composed of the unipolar nerve cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the nerve. (CSP)
- References
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- AAO:0011032
- BTO:0001264
- CALOHA:TS-0954
- EFO:0000900
- EHDAA2:0000418
- EHDAA2:0001897
- EHDAA:2899
- EMAPA:16667
- EMAPA:16668
- EMAPA:18372
- EV:0100373
- MA:0000231
- MA:0000232
- MAT:0000162
- MIAA:0000162
- NCIT:C12462
- TAO:0000200
- UMLS:C0017070
- VHOG:0000222
- XAO:0000210
- ZFA:0000200
- birnlex:2596
- birnlex:2598
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_root_ganglion
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0017070
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/244455004
- Ontology
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