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A conspicuous portion of the peripheral nervous system is part of the ‘Vegetative nervous system’; it includes all the neurons which innervate the viscera, salivary and lacrimal glands, the heart and blood vessels, all other smooth muscles of the body, notably the intrinsic muscles of the eye and the muscles of the hair. Only part of the system belongs to the peripheral nervous system: it has also its own nuclei and pathways in the central nervous system.
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© 1976 Giorgio Gabella
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Gabella, G. (1976). The Autonomic Nervous System. In: Structure of the Autonomic Nervous System. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5745-9_1
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