segmental ganglia

{{short description|Feature of annelid and arthropod central nervous systems}}

The segmental ganglia (singular: s. ganglion) are ganglia of the annelid and arthropod central nervous system that lie in the segmented ventral nerve cord. The ventral nerve cord itself is a chain of metamerism ganglia, some compressed. {{cite journal | title=Arthropod neurons and nervous system | journal=Current Biology | volume=26 | issue=20 | date=2016-10-24 | issn=0960-9822 | doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.063 | pmid=27780069 | pages=R960–R965 | ref={{sfnref | Current Biology | 2016}} | last1=Smarandache-Wellmann | first1=Carmen Ramona | doi-access=free | bibcode=2016CBio...26.R960S }}