Dorsal root ganglion
Dorsal root ganglion
Definition
Sensory ganglia located on the dorsal spinal roots within the vertebral column. The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar. The single primary branch bifurcates sending a peripheral process to carry sensory information from the periphery and a central branch which relays that information to the spinal cord or brain. (MSH) * ganglion found on the posterior root of each spinal nerve, composed of the unipolar nerve cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the nerve. (CSP).
Also known as dorsal root ganglion, ganglion of dorsal root, ganglion spinalis, spinal ganglion, spinal ganglion part of peripheral nervous system — per UBERON
The Dorsal root ganglion is a part of the Nervous.