Term Name: autonomic nervous system
Synonyms: ANS
Definition: Nervous system that innervates smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands. Regulates involuntary process such as blood circulation and digestion. Has subdivisions sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001574]

Relationships
has parts: autonomic neuron
is a type of: nervous system
has subtype: enteric nervous system parasympathetic nervous system sympathetic nervous system

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