Guest guest Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 patricia alvarez clarified: > What Rodrigo is refering to is to lymph " glands " Well, that explains the confusion! Clearly, Alisa, you don't have my natural flair for multi lingualism ;-) .... from what I can tell, the Spanish word " ganglio " refers to both " gland " and " ganglion " And for those who don't know the English word, " ganglion " is the singular of the plural " ganglia " . According to Merriam-Webster ... 1. a small cystic tumor connected either with a joint membrane of tendon sheath 2. A mass of nerve tissue containing nerve cells external to the brain or spinal cord I'm familiar with the word because I've had friends with ganglian cyst on their wrist, but I never realized that it could be translated in two ways from the Spanish. Translating Rodrigo's mets to his ganglia as mets to his lymph nodes makes MUCH more sense. Or at least, it brings it into the realm of something I can understand. Thanks for clearing up the mystery, ! - (who is always amazed at the things she learns every day) NYC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More about ganglia, as possibly pertaining to thyroids ... " Nerve supply " The parathyroids are supplied by thyroid branches of the cervical sympathetic ganglia with a mainly sensory function, detecting stretch within the glands that gives rise to the sensation of pain in some disorders. " http://www.endocrine-surgeon.co.uk/parathyroids/parathyroid1-2.html Anatomy of the Parathyroids -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " Patients with chronic hypocalcemia may have calcification of the basal ganglia or more widespread intracranial calcification, detected by skull X-ray or CT scan. " http://www.endotext.org/parathyroid/parathyroid9/parathyroid9.htm Primary Hypoparathyroidism -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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