In pumps. Flexible impeller of cooling system pump of an outboard engine. An impeller is a rotating component of a centrifugal pump, usually made of iron, steel, bronze, brass, aluminium or plastic, which transfers energy from the motor that drives the pump to the fluid being pumped by accelerating the fluid outwards from the center of rotation.
noun, plural: dorsal root ganglia. (neuroanatomy) The ganglion on the dorsal root of every spinal nerve. It is where the cell bodies of sensory neurons are located; hence, it is chiefly involved in the transmission of sensory information.
Each dorsal root presents a swelling, the spinal (dorsal root) ganglion, which lies near or within the intervertebral foramen. Distal to the ganglion, each dorsal root combines with the corresponding ventral root to form a spinal nerve (figs. 41-2 and 41-3). There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal.