Organ system: Peripheral nervous system
Definition: The component of the peripheral nervous system which mediates transmission of information between the conscious mind and the body.
Functions
- Sensation of the external and internal enviroments and conscious perception of these sensations.
- Transmission of output from the central nervous system (e.g. voluntary motor commands) to the effector tissues (e.g. muscles)
Pathology
- Paralysis
- Mononeuropathy
- Polyneuropathy
- Radiculopathy
- Allodynia
- Chronic pain
- Somatoform disorders
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