Peripheral Nervous System Definition

noun
The part of the vertebrate nervous system constituting the nerves outside the central nervous system and including the cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
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Synonyms:
  • systema nervosum periphericum

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Noun

Singular:
peripheral nervous system
Plural:
peripheral nervous systems

Peripheral Nervous System Sentence Examples

  • Brain cells can give rise to all previous cells types including the peripheral nervous system and smooth muscle.

  • Schwann cell - produces myelin in the peripheral nervous system.

  • Analgesics work at the level of the nerves, either by blocking the signal from the peripheral nervous system or by distorting the interpretation by the central nervous system.

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the name of a group of inherited disorders of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system.

  • Also excluded from CP are any disorders of muscle control that arise in the muscles themselves and/or in the peripheral nervous system (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord).

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