Sensory ganglion

Japanese: sensory ganglion(英語表記)sensoryganglion
Sensory ganglion

The nerve fibers are responsible for the nervous system, which is responsible for the nervous system.
[Sensory ganglia and afferent nerve fibers]
The cell bodies of neurons that transmit information from various parts of the body to the central nervous system, i.e., neurons that send out afferent nerve fibers, are located outside the central nervous system and are grouped together to form sensory ganglions. Neurons in a sensory ganglion extend one process toward the periphery of the body and another toward the central nervous system. …

From [Ganglion]

…However, the term ganglion is sometimes used conventionally to refer to a collection of nerve cell bodies in the central nervous system (for example, basal ganglia). In the true sense of the word ganglion, that is, a collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system, a distinction is made between sensory ganglions and autonomic ganglions, depending on the properties of the nerve cells that are collected. Ganglion cells in sensory ganglia have a characteristic shape. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…身体の各部にみられるいわゆる神経(繊維束)には,ほとんどの場合,以上の感覚神経繊維,運動神経繊維,自律神経繊維がいろいろの割合で混在しているのである。
[感覚神経節と求心性神経繊維]
 身体の各部からの情報を中枢神経系に伝達するニューロン,すなわち求心性神経繊維を出すニューロンの細胞体は中枢神経系の外に存在し,集合して感覚神経節sensory ganglionをつくっている。感覚神経節のニューロンは,1本の突起を身体の末梢のほうに伸ばしており,他の1本を中枢神経系に向かって伸ばしている。…

【神経節】より

…しかし,中枢神経内の神経細胞体の集合に対しても慣用的に〈節〉が用いられている場合がある(たとえば基底神経節basal ganglia)。本来の意味での神経節,すなわち末梢神経系における神経細胞体の集合には,集合している神経細胞の性質の違いによって,感覚神経節sensory ganglionと自律神経節autonomic ganglionが区別される。感覚神経節の神経節細胞は特徴的な形をしている。…

※「sensory ganglion」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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