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Descriptor English: Parasympathetic Nervous System
Descriptor Spanish: Sistema Nervioso Parasimpático
Descriptor sistema nervioso parasimpático
Scope note: División craneosacra del sistema nervioso autónomo. Los cuerpos celulares de las fibras preganglionares parasimpáticas se encuentran en núcleos del tronco encefálico y en la médula sacra. Establecen sinapsis en los ganglios autónomos craneales o en los ganglios terminales próximos a los órganos diana. El sistema nervioso parasimpático generalmente actúa para la conservación de los recursos y para restaurar la homeostasis, a menudo con efectos recíprocos sobre el sistema nervioso simpático.
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
Tree number(s): A08.800.050.600
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.
Annotation: /drug eff: consider also PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS & PARASYMPATHOLYTICS
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
Related: Parasympathectomy MeSH
Parasympatholytics MeSH
Parasympathomimetics MeSH
DeCS ID: 10464
Unique ID: D010275
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/06/30
Parasympathetic Nervous System - Preferred
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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