postganglionic neurons

postganglionic neurons
neurons in the autonomic nervous system whose cell bodies are situated in the autonomic ganglia and whose purpose is to relay impulses beyond the ganglia. See also pars parasympathetica divisionis autonomici systematis nervosi, under pars.

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