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Noun: autonomic nervous system
  1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
    "Stress can trigger the autonomic nervous system";
    - ANS

Derived forms: autonomic nervous systems

Type of: neural structure

Part of: nervous system, systema nervosum

Encyclopedia: Autonomic nervous system