Preferred Label : sympathetic nervous system;
Uberon definition : The sympathetic nervous system is one of the two divisions of the vertebrate autonomic
nervous system (the other being the parasympathetic nervous system). The sympathetic
preganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the thoracic and lumbar regions of
the spinal cord and connect to the paravertebral chain of sympathetic ganglia. Innervate
heart and blood vessels, sweat glands, viscera and the adrenal medulla. Most sympathetic
neurons, but not all, use noradrenaline as a post-ganglionic neurotransmitter [GO].;
Uberon synonym : sympathetic part of autonomic division of nervous system;
Uberon Development note : has developmental contribution from NC in verteberates (https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/The-neural-crest);
Uberon Homology note : The autonomic nervous system is composed of three divisions: the sympathetic division,
the parasympathetic division, and the enteric division. (...) In ray-finned teleost
fishes, a sympathetic chain is present, and dual innervation of additional organs
can be observed. A similar pattern can be found in amphibians (...). The evolution
of the autonomic nervous system has been quite conservative, especially in the tetrapod
lineage.[well established][VHOG];
Origin ID : 0000013;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- contributes to morphology of
- has part
- innervated by
- innervates
- part of
The sympathetic nervous system is one of the two divisions of the vertebrate autonomic
nervous system (the other being the parasympathetic nervous system). The sympathetic
preganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the thoracic and lumbar regions of
the spinal cord and connect to the paravertebral chain of sympathetic ganglia. Innervate
heart and blood vessels, sweat glands, viscera and the adrenal medulla. Most sympathetic
neurons, but not all, use noradrenaline as a post-ganglionic neurotransmitter [GO].
