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Descriptor
English
:
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Sistema Nervioso Parasimpático
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Sistema Nervoso Parassimpático
Synonyms
English
:
Nervous System, Parasympathetic
Nervous Systems, Parasympathetic
Parasympathetic Nervous Systems
System, Parasympathetic Nervous
Systems, Parasympathetic Nervous
Tree Number:
A08.800.050.600
Definition
English
:
The craniosacral division of the
autonomic nervous system
. The cell bodies of the parasympathetic preganglionic fibers are in
brain stem
nuclei and in the sacral
spinal cord
. They
synapse
in cranial autonomic
ganglia
or in terminal
ganglia
near
target organs
. The
parasympathetic nervous system
generally acts to conserve resources and restore
homeostasis
, often with effects reciprocal to the
sympathetic nervous system.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/drug eff: consider also
PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS
&
PARASYMPATHOLYTICS
See Related
English
:
Parasympathectomy
Parasympatholytics
Parasympathomimetics
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DG
diagnostic imaging
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
SU
surgery
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
10464
Unique Identifier:
D010275
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