Cell Ontology (CL)
OWL
Last submission date April 8, 2024
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000013
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000013
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Preferred name

sympathetic nervous system

Synonyms

pars sympathica divisionis autonomici systematis nervosi

Definitions

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].

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