autonomic nervous system

1. 1.

   the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands

   SynonymsANS

   Broaderneural structure

   Part ofnervous system

   Partsautonomic ganglionsympathetic nervous systemparasympathetic nervous system

Questions about autonomic nervous system

What does autonomic nervous system mean?

autonomic nervous system means "the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands".

What is another word for autonomic nervous system?

Close synonyms include ANS. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autonomic nervous system a common word?

autonomic nervous system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.