Category: P

Any of the ganglia of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, located near origins of the celiac and mesenteric arteries. These include the celiac and mesenteric ganglia.  

One of a group of ganglia joining the phrenic plexus.  

A ganglion in contact with the glossopharyngeal nerve.  

A ganglion located on the lower margin of the temporal bone’s petrous portion.  

One of the ganglia on the cholinergic nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system. These are usually called “terminal ganglia” because (unlike sympathetic ganglia) they lie in or near the target tissues.  

A walking pattern characterized by a rigid, stooped posture and the relative inability to oppose forward momentum. A person with a propulsive gait may hold the head, neck, and center of balance more anteriorly than a person with a normal gait.  

In patients with Parkinson’s disease, a gait marked by short steps with the feet barely clearing the floor in a shuffling and scraping manner. As the steps continue, they may become successively more rapid. The posture is marked by flexion of the upper body with the spine bent forward, head down, and arms, elbows, hips,…

A fracture that passes through the greater trochanter of the femur.  

A depressed fracture of the skull that resembles the indentation made by pressing firmly on a ping-pong ball.  

Depressions in the lateral walls of the laryngopharynx.