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annelid nervous system

Figure 2: Organization of the autonomic nervous system.

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superior ganglion of vagus inferior ganglion of vagus vestibular ganglion spinal ganglion sensory ganglion motor ganglion autonomic ganglion terminal ganglion stomatogastric head ganglion sympathetic trunk neural stem cell synapse central nervous system human nervous system senses neuroplasticity neural oscillation

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Robert Remak

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