sympathetic nervous system

Term ID

UBERON:0000013

Synonyms

• pars sympathica divisionis autonomici systematis nervosi
• sympathetic nervous system
• sympathetic part of autonomic division of nervous system

Definition

The sympathetic nervous system is one of the two divisions of the vertebrate autonomic nervous system (the other being the parasympathetic nervous system). The sympathetic preganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord and connect to the paravertebral chain of sympathetic ganglia. Innervate heart and blood vessels, sweat glands, viscera and the adrenal medulla. Most sympathetic neurons, but not all, use noradrenaline as a post-ganglionic neurotransmitter [GO].

References

• AAO:0010487
• BTO:0001832
• CALOHA:TS-2050
• EFO:0000893
• EHDAA2:0001971
• EHDAA:3769
• EMAPA:16985
• GAID:710
• MA:0000225
• MESH:D013564
• MIAA:0000100
• NCIT:C12795
• TAO:0001576
• UMLS:C0039044
• UMLS:C1269646
• VHOG:0000384
• ZFA:0001576
• birnlex:2516
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_nervous_system
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0039044
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1269646
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362484004

Ontology

Uberon Ontology