parasympathetic nervous system

English

Noun

parasympathetic nervous system (plural parasympathetic nervous systems)

1. (neuroanatomy) One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.

Related terms

• central nervous system
• enteric nervous system
• sympathetic nervous system

Translations

parasympathetic nervous system

• Czech: parasympatická nervová soustava f
• Finnish: parasympaattinen hermosto, parasympatikus
• Greek: παρασυμπαθητικό νευρικό σύστημα n (parasympathitikó nevrikó sýstima)
• Hungarian: paraszimpatikus idegrendszer
• Japanese: 副交感神経系 (ふくこうかんしんけいけい, fukukōkan shinkeikei)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sîstema parasîmpasawî f, beşa parasîmpasawî f

• Romanian: sistem nervos parasimpatic (ro) n
• Spanish: sistema nervioso parasimpático m
• Swedish: parasympatiska nervsystemet (sv)