peripheral nervous system

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The part of the vertebrate nervous system constituting the nerves outside the central nervous system and including the cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

peripheral nervous system

The part of the nervous system in vertebrate animals that lies outside of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). It includes the nerves that extend to the limbs and many sense organs. Compare central nervous system.

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peripheral nervous system - the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord

systema nervosum periphericum

system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"

nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

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