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What are ganglia or ganglion?

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A ganglion is a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. (Dictionary.com) If you're using a textbook, there's usually a glossary in the back, which gives definitions.

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Relevant answers:

What is a ganglion?
A Collection of nerve cell bodies located outside the Central Nervous System.
Do humans have a ganglia?
It has not yet been confirmed for humans to have a ganglia.
Where is the ganglion located?
What are ganglions?
a structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies. (a nerve cell)
What do cerebral ganglia do?
they transmit nerve pulse activity so nerve cells can 'talk' to each other.