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Descriptor English: Enteric Nervous System
Descriptor Spanish: Sistema Nervioso Entérico
Descriptor sistema nervioso entérico
Scope note: Pareja de plexos neurales ganglionares de las paredes intestinales, que constituyen una de las tres principales divisiones del sistema nervioso autónomo. El sistema nervioso entérico inerva el tracto gastrointestinal, el páncreas y la vesícula biliar. Contiene neuronas sensitivas, interneuronas y neuronas motoras. De esta manera, el circuito puede autónomamente percibir la tensión y el medio químico en el intestino y regular el tono de los vasos sanguíneos, la motilidad, las secreciones y el transporte de fluidos. El sistema está gobernado por el sistema nervioso central y recibe inervación tanto parasimpática como simpática. (Traducción libre del original: Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessel, Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p766)
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistema Nervoso Entérico
Descriptor French: Système nerveux entérique
Entry term(s): Enteric Nervous Systems
Nervous System, Enteric
Nervous Systems, Enteric
System, Enteric Nervous
Systems, Enteric Nervous
Tree number(s): A08.800.050.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017615
Scope note: Two ganglionated neural plexuses in the gut wall which form one of the three major divisions of the autonomic nervous system. The enteric nervous system innervates the gastrointestinal tract, the pancreas, and the gallbladder. It contains sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons. Thus the circuitry can autonomously sense the tension and the chemical environment in the gut and regulate blood vessel tone, motility, secretions, and fluid transport. The system is itself governed by the central nervous system and receives both parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation. (From Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessel, Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p766)
Annotation: a major division of the autonomic nerv syst
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
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31484
Unique ID: D017615
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/18
Revision Date: 1995/06/08
Enteric Nervous System - Preferred
Concept UI M0026688
Scope note Two ganglionated neural plexuses in the gut wall which form one of the three major divisions of the autonomic nervous system. The enteric nervous system innervates the gastrointestinal tract, the pancreas, and the gallbladder. It contains sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons. Thus the circuitry can autonomously sense the tension and the chemical environment in the gut and regulate blood vessel tone, motility, secretions, and fluid transport. The system is itself governed by the central nervous system and receives both parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation. (From Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessel, Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p766)
Preferred term Enteric Nervous System
Entry term(s) Enteric Nervous Systems
Nervous System, Enteric
Nervous Systems, Enteric
System, Enteric Nervous
Systems, Enteric Nervous



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