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  • Ganglion cysts used to also be called "Bible cysts" for the book slamming technique that Marcia mentioned.

    The Ultimate Non-Sequitur 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • Ganglion cells by the millions, leading from all the receptors, join together to form the optic nerve, and being at the forward, that is the lens side, of the retina, must now pass back through the retina, and head for the brain.

    THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001

  • Ganglion cells by the millions, leading from all the receptors, join together to form the optic nerve, and being at the forward, that is the lens side, of the retina, must now pass back through the retina, and head for the brain.

    THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001

  • Ganglion - ia: a nerve centre composed of a cell mass and fibres: the white disc-like bodies connected by a double cord, lying above the ventral surface within the body and forming the centre of the nervous system.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • _A Ganglion_, or what is vulgarly called a "weak" or "weeping" sinew, is the swelling of a bursa.

    Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele

  • The Semilunar Ganglion (ganglion semilunare [Gasseri]; Gasserian ganglion) occupies a cavity (cavum Meckelii) in the dura mater covering the trigeminal impression near the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone.

    IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve 1918

  • The Ciliary Ganglion (ophthalmic or lenticular ganglion) (Figs. 775, 777).

    IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve 1918

  • Sphenopalatine Ganglion (ganglion of Meckel) (Fig. 780).

    IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve 1918

  • The Ganglion Nodosum (ganglion of the trunk; inferior ganglion) is cylindrical in form, of a reddish color, and 2.5 cm. in length.

    IX. Neurology. 5j. The Vagus Nerve 1918

  • The Jugular Ganglion (ganglion jugulare; ganglion of the root) is of a grayish color, spherical in form, about 4 mm. in diameter.

    IX. Neurology. 5j. The Vagus Nerve 1918

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