Peripheral Nervous System (definition)

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Definition: The nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system has autonomic and somatic divisions. The autonomic nervous system includes the enteric, parasympathetic, and sympathetic subdivisions. The somatic nervous system includes the cranial and spinal nerves and their ganglia and the peripheral sensory receptors.

See Also Neural Pathways
Examples Autonomic Nervous System; Ganglia, Sensory; Nerve Endings; Peripheral Nerves; Sensory Receptor Cells

Other names Systems, Peripheral Nervous; System, Peripheral Nervous; Peripheral Nervous Systems; Nervous Systems, Peripheral; Nervous System, Peripheral

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