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41parasympathetic nervous system — noun originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels • Syn:… …
42Enteric nervous system — The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System, that directly controls the gastrointestinal system. It is capable of autonomous functions such as the coordination of reflexes, although it receives considerable… …
43Digital nervous system — is a phrase, popularly associated with Bill Gates of Microsoft, used to describe a vision for how the IT infrastructure of an enterprise could be analogous to the autonomic nervous system of a biological organism. Gates made extensive use of the… …
44Somatic nervous system — Somatic redirects here; for the musician known as Somatic, see Hahn Rowe. The somatic nervous system is the part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements through the action of skeletal muscles, and… …
45central nervous system — n the part of the nervous system which in vertebrates consists of the brain and spinal cord, to which sensory impulses are transmitted and from which motor impulses pass out, and which supervises and coordinates the activity of the entire nervous …
46peripheral nervous system — n the part of the nervous system that is outside the central nervous system and comprises the cranial nerves excepting the optic nerve, the spinal nerves, and the autonomic nervous system * * * (PNS) the part of the nervous system consisting of… …
47peripheral nervous system — noun Physiology, Anatomy a system of nerves and ganglia leading from the spinal cord and brain (the central nervous system) to the organs of the body, conveying sensory information from within and outside the body to the central nervous system… …
48parasympathetic nervous system — noun One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles. See Also: central nervous system, enteric nervous system, sympathetic nervous system …
49parasympathetic nervous system — one of the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system, having fibres that leave the central nervous system from the brain and the lower portion of the spinal cord and are distributed to blood vessels, glands, and the majority of internal… …
50parasympathetic nervous system — one of the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system, having fibres that leave the central nervous system from the brain and the lower portion of the spinal cord and are distributed to blood vessels, glands, and the majority of internal… …
