Parasympathetic Synonyms

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(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.
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  • Parasympathetic ganglion cell-Type of nerve cell normally found in the wall of the colon.

  • The drug atropine inhibits the parasympathetic nerve, causing the pupil to dilate.

  • Digoxin also acts indirectly by increasing parasympathetic activity via the vagus nerve, further slowing atrioventricular node conduction.

  • The drug has a similar effect to decreasing the tone of the parasympathetic nervous system, causing tachycardia.

  • Hirschsprung's disease is caused when certain nerve cells (called parasympathetic ganglion cells) in the wall of the large intestine (colon) do not develop before birth.

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