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parasympathetic nerve

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parasympathetic nerve
n.
One of the nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system.


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The autonomic nervous system, or ANS, is composed of two opposing divisions-the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, which check one another and thus control critical body functions outside of conscious awareness.
l,2,4-6,8,9,11) In all of them, the surgeon creates a barrier between the exposed postganglionic parasympathetic nerve fibers and the sweat glands of the overlying skin flap.
1) Pathophysiologically, this phenomenon has been explained as previously-denervated sweat glands becoming reinnervated with sympathetic or parasympathetic nerve function.
 
 
 
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