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parasympathetic nervous system(medicine)
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Parasympathetic nervous system (health)


Pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system which usually prepares the organism to deal more effectively with a situation of peace, rest, and recovery, the functions of which contrast with or reciprocate those of the sympathetic system Paradoxically, the parasympathetic system is responsible for the physiological phenomenon of sexual arousal, but not sexual orgasm and/or ejaculation.





Leyster, Judith (sh)




born July 28, 1609, Haarlem, Neth.
died Feb. 10, 1660, Heemstede

Dutch painter.

A brewer's daughter, she had gained membership in the Haarlem painters' guild by age 24. Many of her known works, primarily portraits, genre paintings, and still lifes, were formerly attributed to her male contemporaries. Though the influence of Frans Hals is clear, she was also interested in the Baroque style of the Utrecht school. She embraced a greater range of subjects than Other Dutch painters of the era and was one of the first to depict domestic scenes.