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Descriptor English: Sympathetic Nervous System
Descriptor Spanish: Sistema Nervioso Simpático
Descriptor sistema nervioso simpático
Scope note: División toracolumbar del sistema nervioso autónomo. Las fibras simpáticas preganglionares tienen su origen en las neuronas del núcleo intermediolateral de la médula espinal, proyectándose hacia los ganglios paravertebrales y prevertebrales, desde los cuales, a su vez, se proyectan hacia los órganos diana. El sistema nervioso simpático interviene en la respuesta del organismo ante situaciones de estrés, es decir las reacciones de lucha o huida. A menudo actúa recíprocamente con el sistema parasimpático.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistema Nervoso Simpático
Descriptor French: Système nerveux sympathique
Entry term(s): Nervous System, Sympathetic
Nervous Systems, Sympathetic
Sympathetic Nervous Systems
System, Sympathetic Nervous
Systems, Sympathetic Nervous
Tree number(s): A08.800.050.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013564
Scope note: The thoracolumbar division of the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic preganglionic fibers originate in neurons of the intermediolateral column of the spinal cord and project to the paravertebral and prevertebral ganglia, which in turn project to target organs. The sympathetic nervous system mediates the body's response to stressful situations, i.e., the fight or flight reactions. It often acts reciprocally to the parasympathetic system.
Annotation: /drug eff: consider also SYMPATHOLYTICS & SYMPATHOMIMETICS; /surg: probably SYMPATHECTOMY
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: Chromaffin System MeSH
Sympathectomy MeSH
Sympatholytics MeSH
Sympathomimetics MeSH
DeCS ID: 13944
Unique ID: D013564
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/08/11
Sympathetic Nervous System - Preferred
Concept UI M0020944
Scope note The thoracolumbar division of the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic preganglionic fibers originate in neurons of the intermediolateral column of the spinal cord and project to the paravertebral and prevertebral ganglia, which in turn project to target organs. The sympathetic nervous system mediates the body's response to stressful situations, i.e., the fight or flight reactions. It often acts reciprocally to the parasympathetic system.
Preferred term Sympathetic Nervous System
Entry term(s) Nervous System, Sympathetic
Nervous Systems, Sympathetic
Sympathetic Nervous Systems
System, Sympathetic Nervous
Systems, Sympathetic Nervous



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