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peripheral nervous system

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000010

A major division of the nervous system that contains nerves which connect the central nervous system (CNS) with sensory organs, other organs, muscles, blood vessels and glands. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0007422 ]

Synonyms: pars peripherica, systema nervosum periphericum

Term info

database cross reference
  • BTO:0001028
  • XAO:0000178
  • EV:0100335
  • EHDAA2:0001445
  • AAO:0000429
  • EFO:0000891
  • BILA:0000081
  • FBbt:00005098
  • UMLS:C0206417 (ncithesaurus:Peripheral_Nervous_System)
  • UMLS:C0206417 (BIRNLEX:1111)
  • MIAA:0000338
  • BIRNLEX:1111
  • MA:0000218
  • VHOG:0000399
  • FMA:9903
  • GAID:715
  • CALOHA:TS-0808
  • TAO:0000142
  • MAT:0000338
  • NCIT:C12465
  • MESH:D017933
  • Wikipedia:Peripheral_nervous_system
  • SCTID:362292005
  • ZFA:0000142
  • EHDAA:2893
  • UMLS:C1305921 (BIRNLEX:1111)
  • BAMS:PNS
  • EMAPA:16665
  • neuronames:3232
Subsets

uberon_slim, cumbo, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

Part of nervous system in which nerves extend throughout the body outside of the brain and spinal cord.[AAO], The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is the part of the nervous system connected to the CNS which contains cranial nerves III - XII, spinal, peripheral and autonomic nerves. (CUMBO), Nervous structures including ganglia outside of the central nervous system. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000003

(...) specific vertebrate traits within the chordate phylum such as skeletal tissues, PNS, and spectacular head and brain development, are linked to the NC (neural crest) and its derivatives.[well established][VHOG]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Nervous_system_diagram.png

id

UBERON:0000010

prefLabel

Peripheral nervous system, peripheral nervous system

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606