loading...| Preferred Name |
Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| Synonyms |
sympathetic nervous system Sympathetic Nervous System SNS |
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| Definitions |
The part of the autonomic nervous system comprising paired, paraspinal sympathetic trunks together with their branches, plexi, and subsidiary ganglia; it functions to mobilize the body for activity and opposes the physiological effects of the parasympathetic nervous system. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12795 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
The part of the nervous system that increases heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and pupil size. It also causes blood vessels to narrow and decreases digestive juices. |
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| code |
C12795 |
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| DEFINITION |
The part of the autonomic nervous system comprising paired, paraspinal sympathetic trunks together with their branches, plexi, and subsidiary ganglia; it functions to mobilize the body for activity and opposes the physiological effects of the parasympathetic nervous system. |
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| Display_Name |
Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| FULL_SYN |
sympathetic nervous system Sympathetic Nervous System SNS |
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| label |
Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Sympathetic_Nervous_System |
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| Preferred_Name |
Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C12795 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Body System |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0039044 |
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| subClassOf |