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  2. Sympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    There are two kinds of neurons involved in the transmission of any signal through the sympathetic system: pre-ganglionic and post-ganglionic. The shorter preganglionic neurons originate in the thoracolumbar division of the spinal cord specifically at T1 to L2~L3, and travel to a ganglion, often one of the paravertebral ganglia, where they synapse with a postganglionic neuron.

  3. Somatic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The somatic nervous system (SNS), also known as voluntary nervous system, is a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that links brain and spinal cord to skeletal muscles under conscious control, as well as to sensory receptors in the skin.

  4. Parasympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the sympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system.

  5. Nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The nervous system derives its name from nerves, which are cylindrical bundles of fibers (the axons of neurons), that emanate from the brain and spinal cord, and branch repeatedly to innervate every part of the body. [5]

  6. Enteric nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Layers of the Alimentary Canal.The wall of the alimentary canal has four basic tissue layers: the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and serosa. The enteric nervous system in humans consists of some 500 million neurons [11] (including the various types of Dogiel cells), [1] [12] 0.5% of the number of neurons in the brain, five times as many as the one hundred million neurons in the human spinal ...

  7. Simpatico - Wikipedia

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    Simpatico (Velocity Girl album) an album by Velocity Girl; Simpatico (D-A-D album), an album by D-A-D (formally known as Disneyland After Dark) Simpatico (The Vandermark 5 album), a 1999 album by free jazz band The Vandermark 5; Simpatico, a 1993 play by Sam Shepard; Simpatico, a 1999 feature film adapted from the 1993 play of same name

  8. Simpatico (play) - Wikipedia

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    The story jumps ahead for twenty years, when Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky, who are about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. He decides to make a play for Rosie, and lures Carter to California, where he steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material.

  9. Simpatico (The Charlatans album) - Wikipedia

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    Simpatico is the ninth studio album by British rock band the Charlatans, released on 17 April 2006 through Creole and Sanctuary Records. After signing to the latter label in early 2005, frontman Tim Burgess and guitarist Mark Collins went to Palm Springs, California , to write new material.