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<anatomy, neurology> Neural crest derived ganglion acting as relay between parasympathetic neurones of the oculomotor nucleus in the midbrain and the muscles regulating the diameter of the pupil of the eye.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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