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peripheral nervous system
See for:
PNS
Broader Terms:
nervous system
Narrower Terms:
afferent nerve
Narrower Terms:
cranial nerve
Narrower Terms:
efferent nerve
Narrower Terms:
innervation
Narrower Terms:
spinal nerve
Scope Note:
peripheral nervous system is outside of the brain and spinal cord; it has autonomic and somatic divisions; the autonomic nervous system includes the enteric, parasympathetic, and sympathetic subdivisions and the somatic nervous system includes the cranial and spinal nerves and their ganglia and the peripheral sensory receptors.
Term Number:
2048-1256
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