See Also: Willis' centrum nervosum(medicine)
systema nervosum(medicine)
systema nervosum periphericum(medicine)
systema nervosum centrale(medicine)
systema nervosum autonomicum(medicine)
centrum(medicine)
centrum(dictionary)
Vieussens' centrum(medicine)
centrum semiovale(medicine)
centrum ovale(medicine)

NUGMW (iou) and Willis' centrum nervosum (medicine)


NUGMW (iou)



NUGMW abbreviation.
National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

Willis' centrum nervosum (medicine)


Willis' centrum nervosum -->
coeliac ganglia


The largest and highest group of prevertebral sympathetic ganglia, located on the superior part of the abdominal aorta, on either side of the origin of the coeliac artery; contains sympathetic neurons whose unmyelinated postganglionic axons innervate the stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, kidney, small intestine, and ascending and transverse colon. H

Synonym: ganglia coeliaca, semilunar ganglion, solar ganglia, Vieussens' ganglia, Willis' centrum nervosum.