National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Ganglion

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12719

ALT_DEFINITION

Clusters of multipolar neurons surrounded by a capsule of loosely organized CONNECTIVE TISSUE located outside the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

is a macroscopic organ component of one or more nerves, which primarily consists of cell bodies of neurons located outside the central nervous system; together with nerve fibers, it constitutes a nerve or a nerve plexus. Example(s): spinal ganglion, trigeminal ganglion, superior cervical ganglion, celiac ganglion, inferior hypogastric (pelvic) ganglion.

A cluster of nervous tissue principally composed of neuronal cell bodies external to the central nervous system (CNS). (NCI)

code

C12719

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

Contributing_Source

CDISC

NICHD

DEFINITION

A cluster of nervous tissue principally composed of neuronal cell bodies external to the central nervous system (CNS).

Display_Name

Ganglion

FULL_SYN

Ganglionic

Ganglia

Neural Ganglion

Has_NICHD_Parent

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32221

label

Ganglion

Legacy_Concept_Name

Ganglion

NICHD_Hierarchy_Term

Ganglion

Preferred_Name

Ganglion

prefixIRI

C12719

prefLabel

Ganglion

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0017067

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33968

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