parasympathetic
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- n originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels
- a of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system
- The endocrine system and parasympathetic nervous system are out of whack in schizophrenia patients; yoga affects these systems, Visceglia says, leading to an increased overall .
- These organs all belong to the vegetative or autonomic (sympathetic plus parasympathetic) nervous system which, so far as life itself goes, is more important than the central .
- Held in dynamic balance by the restraining influence of the "parasympathetic nervous system," the sympathetic system steams up when the body signals full speed ahead.