peripheral nervous system

English

Noun

peripheral nervous system (plural peripheral nervous systems)

1. (neuroanatomy) The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.

Synonyms

• systema nervosum periphericum
• See also Thesaurus:peripheral nervous system

Meronyms

• somatic nervous system
• autonomic nervous system

Translations

part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system

• Afrikaans: perifere senuweestelsel
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 周圍神經系統／周围神经系统 (zau¹ wai⁴ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²), 外周神經系統／外周神经系统 (ngoi⁶ zau¹ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²), 周邊神經系統／周边神经系统 (zau¹ bin¹ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²), 邊緣神經系統／边缘神经系统 (bin¹ jyun⁴ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²), 末梢神經系統／末梢神经系统 (mut⁶ saau¹ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²)

  Mandarin: 周圍神經系統／周围神经系统 (zhōuwéi shénjīng xìtǒng), 外周神經系統／外周神经系统 (wàizhōu shénjīng xìtǒng), 周邊神經系統／周边神经系统 (zhōubiān shénjīng xìtǒng), 邊緣神經系統／边缘神经系统 (biānyuán shénjīng xìtǒng), 末梢神經系統／末梢神经系统 (mòshāo shénjīng xìtǒng)

• Czech: periferní nervová soustava f
• Danish: det perifere nervesystem
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ääreishermosto (fi)
• French: système nerveux périphérique (fr)
• Galician: sistema nervioso periférico (gl) m
• Greek: περιφερειακό νευρικό σύστημα n (perifereiakó nevrikó sýstima)
• Hungarian: környéki idegrendszer
• Italian: sistema nervoso periferico (it) m
• Japanese: 末梢神経系 (まっしょうしんけいけい, masshō shinkeikei)
• Kazakh: шеткі жүйке жүйесі (şetkı jüike jüiesı)
• Korean: 말초신경계통(末梢神經系統) (malchosin'gyeonggyetong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: demarekoendama çêwe f

• Persian: دستگاه عصبی پیرامونی
• Polish: obwodowy układ nerwowy m
• Portuguese: sistema nervoso periférico m
• Romanian: sistem nervos periferic n
• Spanish: sistema nervioso periférico
• Swedish: perifera nervsystemet (sv)
• Thai: ระบบประสาทนอกส่วนกลาง (rá-bòp-bprà-sàat-nɔ̂ɔk-sùuan-glaang)
• Turkish: çevresel sinir sistemi (tr)
• Vietnamese: hệ thần kinh ngoại biên (vi)

See also

• central nervous system

Further reading

• Nervous System in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)