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  2. Sympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The SNS has a major role in various physiological processes such as blood glucose levels, body temperature, cardiac output, and immune system function. The formation of sympathetic neurons being observed at embryonic stage of life and its development during aging shows its significance in health; its dysfunction has shown to be linked to ...

  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. [1] [2] The other part complementary to the somatic nervous system is the autonomic nervous system ...

  4. Autonomic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Autonomic nervous system, showing splanchnic nerves in middle, and the vagus nerve as "X" in blue. The heart and organs below in list to right are regarded as viscera. The autonomic nervous system has been classically divided into the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system only (i.e., exclusively motor).

  5. SNS - Wikipedia

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    1.1 Biology and medicine. 1.2 Computing. 1.3 Other uses in science and technology. ... SNS, the product code used by Nintendo for Super NES hardware (e.g. SNS-001)

  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. Peripheral nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The peripheral nervous system is divided into the somatic nervous system, and the autonomic nervous system.The somatic nervous system is under voluntary control, and transmits signals from the brain to end organs such as muscles.

  8. 30 things to do when you’re bored (that are actually good for ...

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    What’s your favorite screen-free thing to do when you’re bored? Share your tried-and-true anti-boredom tips in the comments below.

  9. Suprachiasmatic nucleus - Wikipedia

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    Different organisms such as bacteria, [8] plants, fungi, and animals, show genetically based near-24-hour rhythms. Although all of these clocks appear to be based on a similar type of genetic feedback loop, the specific genes involved are thought to have evolved independently in each kingdom.