Spinal ganglion

Japanese: spinal ganglion(英語表記)spinalganglion
Spinal ganglion

…In the spinal nerve region, sensory ganglia are found in the middle of the dorsal root, a little closer to the center than where the anterior and posterior roots unite to form the spinal nerve. Therefore, there is one sensory ganglion for each spinal nerve, and these are called spinal ganglions or dorsal root ganglions. Sensory ganglia are a collection of cell bodies of neurons that send afferent nerve fibers to the central nervous system, so even in the cranial nerve region, there are sensory ganglia in the cranial nerves that contain afferent nerve fibers. …

From [Ganglion]

…In the spinal nerve region, there are 31 pairs of sensory ganglia corresponding to each of the 31 pairs of spinal nerves. These are called spinal ganglions. The spinal ganglion is located in the middle of the dorsal root just before the anterior root and posterior root unite to form the spinal nerve, and its central projection is the nerve fiber that forms the dorsal root, so the spinal ganglion is also called the dorsal root ganglion. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "spinal ganglion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…感覚神経節は,脊髄神経の領域では,前根と後根が合一して脊髄神経が形成されるところよりも,少々中枢側で後根の途中に存在する。したがって,それぞれの脊髄神経に対応して1個の感覚神経節があり,これらを脊髄神経節spinal ganglionまたは後根神経節dorsal root ganglionという。感覚神経節は求心性神経繊維を中枢神経系に送るニューロンの細胞体の集合であるから,脳神経の領域でも求心性神経繊維を含む脳神経にも感覚神経節がある。…

【神経節】より

…脊髄神経の領域では,31対の脊髄神経のそれぞれに対応して31対の感覚神経節がある。これを脊髄神経節spinal ganglionという。脊髄神経節は,前根と後根が合一して脊髄神経が形成される直前のところで後根の途中にあり,その中枢性突起こそが後根を形成する神経繊維であるから,脊髄神経節を後根神経節ともいう。…

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