See Also: Peripheral nervous system(medicine)
Peripheral nervous system(health)
peripheral nervous system agents(medicine)
peripheral nervous system diseases(medicine)
nervous system(dictionary)
nervous system(encyclopedia)
Nervous system(health)
Nervous system(medicine)
Central nervous system(medicine)
nervous system, parasympathetic(medicine)

Peripheral nervous system (health)


That portion of the nervous system which lies outside of the protective cranium and vertebral column (containing the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system), and which consists of a musculo-skeletal and usually voluntary somatic nervous system and a visceral and usually involuntary autonomic nervous system.