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what is ganglia?plz answer

Small mass of nervous tissue containing numerous cell bodies with synapses for integration. CNS of many invertebrates contains many such ganglia, connected by nerve cords.  In vertebrates the CNS has a different overall structure, but ganglia occur in the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, where they may be encapsulated in connective tissue.

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White matter is the portion where the nerves start that is their soma. They are generally found in the brain.when we find a soma of the neuron outside the brain a white spot appears on the grey matter<that is the remaining part of the neuron>.This is known as a ganglion.(Plural-Ganglia)

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