Concept information
Preferred term
Sympathetic Nervous System
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Note
- /drug eff: consider also SYMPATHOLYTICS & SYMPATHOMIMETICS; /surg: probably SYMPATHECTOMY
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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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pars sympathica systematis nervosi
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sympathicus
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sympatikus
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013564
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