part_of nervous system peripheral nervous system sympathetic nervous system BTO:0001832 EHDAA:3769 EMAPA:16985 EV:0100374 FMAID:9906 James Malone MA:0000225 MAT:0000100 Nervous structures including ganglia outside of the central nervous system. One of the two divisions of the vertebrate autonomic nervous system (the other being the parasympathetic nervous system). The sympathetic preganglionic neurons have their cell bodies in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord, and connect to the paravertebral chain of sympathetic ganglia. Innervate heart and blood vessels, sweat glands, viscera, and the adrenal medulla. Most sympathetic neurons, but not all, use noradrenaline as a post-ganglionic neurotransmitter. PNS - sympathetic Sympathetic part of autonomic division of nervous system TAO:0001576 URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#sympathetic_nervous_system XAO:0000211 ZFA:0000142 peripheral nervous system pns sympathetic chain