Sympathetic Nervous System

Preferred Label : Sympathetic Nervous System;

NCIt synonyms : SNS;

NCIt definition : The part of the autonomic nervous system comprising paired, paraspinal sympathetic trunks together with their branches, plexi, and subsidiary ganglia; it functions to mobilize the body for activity and opposes the physiological effects of the parasympathetic nervous system.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The part of the nervous system that increases heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and pupil size. It also causes blood vessels to narrow and decreases digestive juices.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000467867;

Details

Origin ID

C12795;

UMLS CUI

C0039044;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Autonomic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Adrenal Medulla [NCIt concept]
- Celiac Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Chromaffin Cell [NCIt concept]
- Inferior Cervical Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Trunk [NCIt concept]
- Middle Cervical Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Para-Spinal Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Superior Cervical Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Sympathetic Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Thoracic Ganglion [NCIt concept]
- Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve Trunk [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Sympathetic nervous system structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sympathetic nervous system [MeSH Descriptor]
- sympathetic nervous system [MeSH concept]
- sympathetic nervous system, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Sympathetic nervous system [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body System [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sympathetic nervous system [FMA entity]
- Sympathetic nervous system structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- structure of sympathetic nervous system [ICF N2 Element]
- sympathetic nervous system [MeSH Descriptor]
- sympathetic nervous system [MeSH concept]
- sympathetic nervous system, nos [SNOMED Notion]
is_primary_anatomic_site_of_disease
- Adrenal Gland Composite Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Adrenal Gland Neuroblastoma [NCIt concept]
- Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma by AJCC v8 Stage [NCIt concept]
- Advanced Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Bladder Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Childhood Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Childhood Sympathetic Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Extra-Adrenal Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Extra-Adrenal Sympathetic Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Hereditary Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Intrathoracic Paravertebral Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Localized Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Locally Advanced Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Metastatic Adrenal Gland Composite Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Metastatic Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Metastatic Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Metastatic Bladder Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Metastatic Intrathoracic Paravertebral Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Neuroblastoma of the Adrenal Gland and Sympathetic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Non-Metastatic Adrenal Gland Composite Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Non-Metastatic Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Recurrent Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Refractory Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Regional Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]
- Stage I Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma AJCC v8 [NCIt concept]
- Stage II Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma AJCC v8 [NCIt concept]
- Stage III Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma AJCC v8 [NCIt concept]
- Stage IV Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma AJCC v8 [NCIt concept]
- Superior and Inferior Paraaortic Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Sympathetic Paraganglioma [NCIt concept]
- Sympathetic Schwannoma [NCIt concept]
- Unresectable Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma [NCIt concept]

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