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What is the difference between ganglion and nucleus?

ganglion | nucleus |

In context|neuroanatomy|lang=en terms the difference between ganglion and nucleus

is that ganglion is (neuroanatomy) a cluster of interconnecting nerve cells outside the brain while nucleus is (neuroanatomy) a ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.

As nouns the difference between ganglion and nucleus

is that ganglion is (anatomy) a mass of tissue while nucleus is the core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled.

ganglion

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (neuroanatomy)
  • # An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.
  • # Any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
  • #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage=The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia' of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ' ganglia remains obscure.}}
  • (by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
  • (pathology) A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst
  • Derived terms

    * ganglial * autonomic ganglion * basal ganglion * spinal ganglion * ganglion cyst * gangliectomy/ganglionectomy

    nucleus

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled.
  • An initial part or version that will receive additions.
  • This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.
  • (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
  • (cytology) A large organelle found in cells which contains genetic material.
  • (neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
  • (linguistics) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.
  • Derived terms

    * nucle- * nuclear * nuclease * nucleate, anucleate * nucleic acid * nuclein * nucleo- * nucleolar * nucleon * nucleotide * nuclide * atomic nucleus * cell nucleus * syllable nucleus, the central part of a syllable * sentence nucleus, the syllable which receives the greatest stress in a word