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Autonomic vs Parasympathetic - What's the difference?

autonomic | parasympathetic |

As adjectives the difference between autonomic and parasympathetic

is that autonomic is acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control while parasympathetic is of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

autonomic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
  • Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.

    • Derived terms

    * autonomically * autonomic nervous system

    Related terms

    * autonomics * autonomous

    parasympathetic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

    • Derived terms

    *parasympathetic nervous system

    See also

    *orthosympathetic