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51peripheral nervous system — noun Date: 1896 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 …
52central nervous system — noun In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord. Syn: CNS, cerebrospinal axis, systema nervosum centrale See Also: autonomic nervous system, peripheral nervous system …
53peripheral nervous system — all parts of the nervous system lying outside the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). It includes the cranial nerves and spinal nerves and their branches, which link the receptors and effector organs with the brain and spinal cord.… …
54sympathetic nervous system — one of the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system, having fibres that leave the central nervous system, via a chain of ganglia close to the spinal cord, in the thoracic and lumbar regions. Its nerves are distributed to the blood vessels,… …
55peripheral nervous system — all parts of the nervous system lying outside the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). It includes the cranial nerves and spinal nerves and their branches, which link the receptors and effector organs with the brain and spinal cord.… …
56sympathetic nervous system — one of the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system, having fibres that leave the central nervous system, via a chain of ganglia close to the spinal cord, in the thoracic and lumbar regions. Its nerves are distributed to the blood vessels,… …
57involuntary nervous system — The part of the nervous system that controls muscles of internal organs (such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs, stomach, and intestines) and glands (such as salivary glands and sweat glands). One part of the involuntary nervous system helps the …
58central nervous system — (CNS) the brain and the spinal cord, as opposed to the cranial and spinal nerves and the autonomic nervous system, which together form the peripheral nervous system. The CNS is responsible for the integration of all nervous activities …
59central nervous system — CNS the brain and the spinal cord, as opposed to the cranial and spinal nerves and the autonomic nervous system, which together form the peripheral nervous system. The CNS is responsible for the integration of all nervous activities …
60sympathetic nervous system — noun Anatomy, Physiology that portion of the autonomic nervous system which is made up of a system of nerves and ganglia which arise from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord, and which supply the walls of the vascular system and… …
