pre·ver·te·bral ganglia (pr -vûr t -brl, pr vr-tbrl)n. Any of the sympathetic ganglions lying in front of the vertebral column, including the celiac, aorticorenal, and the superior and inferior mesenteric ganglions. |
prevertebral ganglia,
collections of postgangionic sympathetic neuronal cell bodies in recognizable aggregations along the abdominal prevertebral plexus. They include the celiac, superior mesenteric, aorticorenal, and inferior mesenteric ganglia and play a critical role in the innervations of the abdominal viscera.
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