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gangliated cord -->
sympathetic trunk


One of the two long ganglionated nerve strands alongside the vertebral column that extend from the base of the skull to the coccyx; they are connected to each spinal nerve by gray rami and receive fibres from the spinal cord through white rami connecting with the thoracic and upper lumbar spinal nerves.

Synonym: truncus sympathicus, gangliated cord.