sympathetic system

collocation in English

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sympathetic
adjective
uk
/ˌsɪm.pəˈθet.ɪk/us
/ˌsɪm.pəˈθet̬.ɪk/
used to describe someone who shows, especially by what they say, that they understand and care about someone ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofsympatheticandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One consistent finding amongst those with normal or residual autonomic nervous function is that water-drinking causessympatheticsystemactivation.
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The investigation of the pharmacology of epinephrine made a major contribution to the understanding of the autonomic system and the function of thesympatheticsystem.
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There are two kinds of neurons involved in the transmission of any signal through thesympatheticsystem: pre- and post-ganglionic.
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Upon increase in carbon dioxide level at central chemoreceptors, it stimulates thesympatheticsystemto constrict vessels.
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Therefore, there must be some autonomy of the adrenal medulla from the rest of thesympatheticsystem.
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Loss ofsympatheticsysteminput to the blood vessels causes them to get larger (vasodilation) which has the effect of lowering blood pressure.
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The combination of intracerebral hemorrhage and raised intracranial pressure (if present) leads to a sympathetic surge, i.e. over-activation of thesympatheticsystem.
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This effect could be mediated by inhibition of thesympatheticsystem, although vasodilation is another possibility.
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The activation of target tissue receptors causes the effects associated with thesympatheticsystem.
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The catecholamine norepinephrine is a neuromodulator of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system but is also present in the blood (mostly through spillover from the synapses of thesympatheticsystem).
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Thesympatheticsystemis often considered the fight or flight system, while the parasympathetic system is often considered the rest and digest or feed and breed system.
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The word adrenaline is used in common parlance to denote increased activation of thesympatheticsystem associated with the energy and excitement of the fight-or-flight response.
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Afferent nerves in the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems of the autonomic nervous system differently innervate various organs that maintain homeostasis such as the heart and the face.
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