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单词 peripheral nervous system
释义

peripheral nervous system

noun

: the part of the nervous system that is outside the central nervous system and comprises the cranial nerves excepting the optic nerve, the spinal nerves, and the autonomic nervous system

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The result of something called peripheral neuropathy, this happens when the nerves of your peripheral nervous system (think the nerves outside your brain and spinal cord) become damaged. Eleesha Lockett, SELF, 3 May 2022 Another portal may be situated in the peripheral nervous system, which conveys sensory and motor impulses from muscles, organs and skin to the brain and spinal cord. Gary Stix, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2021 According to Zak, as part of a multi-million dollar government effort, his lab measured central and peripheral nervous system activity simultaneously. Roger Dooley, Forbes, 25 May 2021 In the neuromuscular area, the company is looking into multiple diseases driven by genetic defects in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and the peripheral nervous system. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021 Guillain-Barre syndrome occurs when the body’s own immune system attacks and injures the nerves outside of the spinal cord or brain – the peripheral nervous system. Aarti Sarwal, The Conversation, 7 July 2020 And the peripheral nervous system, which carries pain signals from the source, can be involved in chronic pain — along with, or instead of, the spinal cord and brain. Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019 Last month, Ashley, 34, revealed that her husband was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2020 The peripheral nervous system, which relays information from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body — from vital organs to skin — has gotten relatively short shrift. BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

peripheral nervous system

noun

: the part of the nervous system that is outside the central nervous system and comprises the cranial nerves excepting the optic nerve, the spinal nerves, and the autonomic nervous system
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