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.
The major input nucleus of the basal ganglia is the striatum (collectively including the dorsal and ventral divisions), which receives information from almost all areas of the cortex. The dorsal striatum (upper region of the striatum) receives information from areas below the cortex (e.g., the midbrain) via the thalamus.