Defenition of the word sympathetic nervous system

• Defenition of the word sympathetic nervous system

  • A part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for accelerating the heart rate and raising the blood pressure under stress.
  • originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels

Meronymys for the word sympathetic nervous system

• • abdominal nerve plexus
  • ANS
  • autonomic nervous system
  • coeliac plexus
  • plexus celiacus
  • solar plexus
  • splanchnic nerve

Hypernyms for the word sympathetic nervous system

• • nervous system
  • systema nervosum

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