Name: | peripheral nervous system |
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Synonyms: | pns |
Definition: | Nervous structures including ganglia outside of the central nervous system. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000142] |
Name: | nerve |
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Synonyms: | nerves |
Definition: | A portion of tissue which is a fasciculated group of axons. Many time axons in the nerve are enveloped by the glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, the Schwann cells. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007009] |
Name: | defasciculated |
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Synonyms: | |
Definition: | A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's in which bundles of aligned anatomical fibers have become separated. |
Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001959] |