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Definition: Parasympathetic Nervous System |
Parasympathetic Nervous SystemNoun1. Originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | 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. (references) |
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Synonym: Parasympathetic Nervous SystemSynonym: parasympathetic (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Parasympathetic Nervous System |
| English words defined with "parasympathetic nervous system": parasympathetic, parasympathomimetic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "parasympathetic nervous system": Ganglia, Parasympathetic ♦ Parasympathectomy, Parasympatholytics, Parasympathomimetics. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parasympathetic nervous system | 17 |
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| Language | Translations for "parasympathetic nervous system"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | parasympatiske nervesystem. (various references) | |
Dutch | parasympatische zenuwstelsel. (various references) | |
French | système nerveux parasympathique. (various references) | |
German | Pars parasympathica systematics nervorum autonomicorum. (various references) | |
Greek | παρασυμπαθητικό νευρικό σύστημα. (various references) | |
Italian | sistema nervoso parasimpatico. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arasympatheticpay ervousnay ystemsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sistema nervoso parassimpático. (various references) | |
Spanish | sistema nervioso parasimpático. (various references) | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r a s y m p a t h e t i c   N e r v o u s   S y s t e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0061 0073 0079 006D 0070 0061 0074 0068 0065 0074 0069 0063 004E 0065 0072 0076 006F 0075 0073 0053 0079 0073 0074 0065 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067846785917982678674718675692487184888187852539185867179 |
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