Descriptor English: | Parasympathetic Nervous System | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Sistema Nervioso Parasimpático
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Sistema Nervoso Parassimpático | ||||
Descriptor French: | Système nerveux parasympathique | ||||
Entry term(s): |
Nervous System, Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, Parasympathetic Parasympathetic Nervous Systems System, Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, Parasympathetic Nervous |
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Tree number(s): |
A08.800.050.600 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010275 | ||||
Scope note: | 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. |
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Annotation: | /drug eff: consider also PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS & PARASYMPATHOLYTICS |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply CH chemistry CY cytology DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development IM immunology IN injuries ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery UL ultrastructure VI virology |
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Related: |
Parasympathectomy
MeSH Parasympatholytics MeSH Parasympathomimetics MeSH | ||||
DeCS ID: | 10464 | ||||
Unique ID: | D010275 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
Revision Date: | 1993/06/30 |
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
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Concept UI |
M0015922 |
Scope note | 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. |
Preferred term | Parasympathetic Nervous System |
Entry term(s) |
Nervous System, Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, Parasympathetic Parasympathetic Nervous Systems System, Parasympathetic Nervous Systems, Parasympathetic Nervous |
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