PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM


Meaning of PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1934

: the part of the autonomic nervous system that contains chiefly cholinergic fibers, that tends to induce secretion, to increase the tone and contractility of smooth muscle, and to slow heart rate, and that consists of a cranial and a sacral part — compare sympathetic nervous system

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