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Autonomic nervous system innervation, showing the sympathetic and parasympathetic (craniosacral) systems, in red and blue, respectively
'Autonomic ganglia' are clusters of
neuronal cell bodies and their
dendrites and are essentially a junction between autonomic nerves originating from the
central nervous system and autonomic nerves innervating their target organs in the periphery.
The two main categories are:
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Sympathetic ganglia
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Parasympathetic ganglia
External links
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The Autonomic Nervous System from the University of Arizona