Medical Definition of Ganglion isthmi

1. A median, unpaired, ovoid cell group at the base of the midbrain tegmentum between the cerebral peduncles; it receives the retroflex fasciculus from the habenula, and projects to the raphe region (raphe nuclei) and periaqueductal gray substance of the midbrain. Synonym: nucleus interpeduncularis, ganglion isthmi, Gudden's ganglion, intercrural ganglion, interpeduncular ganglion. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ganglion Isthmi

ganglion cells of dorsal spinal root
ganglion cells of retina
ganglion cervicale inferius
ganglion cervicale medium
ganglion cervicale superius
ganglion cervicothoracicum
ganglion ciliare
ganglion cyst
ganglion cysts
ganglion extracraniale
ganglion geniculi
ganglion habenulae
ganglion impar
ganglion inferius nervi glossopharyngei
ganglion inferius nervi vagi
ganglion isthmi (current term)
ganglion mesentericum inferius
ganglion mesentericum superius
ganglion of facial nerve
ganglion of intermediate nerve
ganglion of nervus intermedius
ganglion of trunk of vagus
ganglion oticum
ganglion pterygopalatinum
ganglion ridge
ganglion spinale
ganglion spirale cochleae
ganglion splanchnicum
ganglion stellatum
ganglion sublinguale

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