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Descriptor
English
:
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Sistema Nervioso Parasimpático
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Sistema Nervoso Parassimpático
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
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
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
10464
Unique Identifier:
D010275
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