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Definition of Postganglionic
1. Adjective. Beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia).
Definition of Postganglionic
1. Adjective. Located distal or posterior to a ganglion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postganglionic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postganglionic
Literary usage of Postganglionic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"Their action is therefore postganglionic. It is again possible that the drug may
stimulate an additional, more centrally located structure. ..."
2. Kirkes' Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes, Charles Wilson Greene (1922)
"The determination of the location of the synapses between pre- and postganglionic
neurones was accomplished by the brilliant work of Langley and Anderson ..."
3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Eventually, however, it ends around a sympathetic nerve cell and the path is then
continued by the axon from this cell as the postganglionic fiber. ..."
4. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"Here they enter into synaptic relations with the postganglionic neurons.
The majority of the postganglionic neurons, located in the ganglia of the ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Eventually, however, it ends around a sympathetic nerve cell and the path is then
continued by the axon from this cell as the postganglionic fiber. ..."
6. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1915)
"On the other hand some alkaloids which act on the myoneural junctions in voluntary
muscle affect the myoneural junction of the postganglionic fibres ..."
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