| umls-concept:C0206417 | skos:definition | MSH: The nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system has autonomic and somatic divisions. The autonomic nervous system includes the enteric, parasympathetic, and sympathetic subdivisions. The somatic nervous system includes the cranial and spinal nerves and their ganglia and the peripheral sensory receptors.,CSP: peripheral nervous system is outside of the brain and spinal cord; it has autonomic and somatic divisions; the autonomic nervous system includes the enteric, parasympathetic, and sympathetic subdivisions and the somatic nervous system includes the cranial and spinal nerves and their ganglia and the peripheral sensory receptors.,NCI: That part of the nervous system consisting of the nerves and neurons that reside or extend outside the central nervous system. | lld:umls |
