sympathetic nervous system

sympathetic nervous system

English

Noun

sympathetic nervous system (plural sympathetic nervous systems)

1. (neuroanatomy) The part of the autonomic nervous system that raises blood pressure and heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and dilates the pupils when under stress.

Related terms

• antisympathetic
• parasympathetic nervous system
• sympathectomy

Translations

sympathetic nervous system

Chinese: Mandarin: 交感神經 (zh), 交感神经 (zh) Czech: sympatická nervová soustava f Danish: sympatiske nervesystem Dutch: orthosympatisch zenuwstelsel Finnish: sympaattinen hermosto French: système nerveux orthosympathique m Greek: συμπαθητικό νευρικό σύστημα n (sympathitikó nevrikó sýstima) Hebrew: המערכת הסימפתטית‎

Hungarian: szimpatikus idegrendszer Japanese: 交感神経系 (こうかんしんけいけい, kōkanshinkeikei) Lithuanian: simpatinė nervų sistema f Polish: układ współczulny Portuguese: sistema nervoso simpático m Romanian: sistem nervos simpatic (ro) n Russian: симпатическая нервная систе́ма f (simpatičeskaja nervnaja sistéma) Spanish: sistema nervioso simpático m Swedish: sympatiska nervsystemet (sv)