hemiganglia

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A form of hemiganglion — One half of a ganglion, each half carrying one of a pair of neurons

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hemiganglion

    It is difficult to discern a bilaterally-symmetric pattern of each neural subtype (5HT-LIR and FMRF-LIR) between hemiganglia in the same segment, although there appear to be similar numbers of each type of neuron on each side.

    2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI
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