English Explanatory Dictionary

sympathetic trunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong to the sympathetic nervous system and that project axons to muscles and glands.

Word forms

sympathetic trunk sympathetic trunks

Synonyms

sympathetic chain
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