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 Meaning of SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | abdominal nerve plexus, alpha receptor, alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor, ANS, autonomic nervous system, beta receptor, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor, coeliac plexus, nervous system, plexus celiacus, solar plexus, splanchnic nerve, systema nervosum |  |     |    |  |