Peripheral nervous system

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 362292005

Peripheral nervous system

Definition

A major division of the nervous system that contains nerves which connect the central nervous system (CNS) with sensory organs, other organs, muscles, blood vessels and glands.

Also known as pars peripherica, systema nervosum periphericum — per UBERON

The Peripheral nervous system is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Acute motor axonal neuropathy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Acute motor axonal neuropathy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland ganglioneuroblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland ganglioneuroblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland neuroblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland neuroblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult malignant schwannoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Adult malignant schwannoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Atypical neurofibroma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Atypical neurofibroma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autonomic nervous system neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2K Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2K Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2K Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2K Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2R1 Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2R1 Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Y Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Y Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Becker muscular dystrophy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Becker muscular dystrophy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign adrenal gland pheochromocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign carotid body paraganglioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign mediastinal psammomatous neurilemmoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign mediastinal psammomatous neurilemmoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign peripheral nerve granular cell tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign peripheral nerve granular cell tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Brachial plexus neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Brachial plexus neuritis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Brachial plexus neuritis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carotid body paraganglioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cauda equina syndrome Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cauda equina syndrome Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cauda equina syndrome with neurogenic bladder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cauda equina syndrome with neurogenic bladder Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cellular neurofibroma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cellular neurofibroma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

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Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Amifampridine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Cyclophosphamide may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Cyclosporine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Deflazacort may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Eculizumab may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Efgartigimod Alfa may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Givinostat may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Mirdametinib may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Neostigmine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Nipocalimab may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Zilucoplan may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

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