“parasympathetic nervous”

We have one entry that includes the term parasympathetic nervous.

parasympathetic nervous system

noun

: the part of the autonomic nervous system that contains chiefly cholinergic fibers, that tends to induce secretion, to increase the tone and contractility of smooth muscle, and to slow heart rate, and that consists of a cranial and a sacral part compare sympathetic nervous system


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