How to Use peripheral nervous system in a Sentence

peripheral nervous system

noun

• The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system, while the nerves running from them form the peripheral nervous system.
  — Lynn Peterson Mobley, Washington Post, 8 July 2018
• The peripheral nervous system is composed of all the nerves located outside the brain and spinal cord.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
• And the peripheral nervous system, which carries pain signals from the source, can be involved in chronic pain — along with, or instead of, the spinal cord and brain.
  — Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019
• Schwannomas arise from nerve cells called Schwann cells, which are part of the peripheral nervous system.
  — Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 26 May 2018
• The disease mostly impacts the skin and the peripheral nervous system, according to the EID.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The ancient disease attacks the skin, peripheral nervous system and even the bones themselves.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
• Guillain-Barre syndrome occurs when the body’s own immune system attacks and injures the nerves outside of the spinal cord or brain – the peripheral nervous system.
  — Aarti Sarwal, The Conversation, 7 July 2020
• The peripheral nervous system helps the body to manage pain and inflammation.
  — Michael Wright, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
• The peripheral nervous system, which relays information from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body — from vital organs to skin — has gotten relatively short shrift.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2019
• Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own peripheral nervous system, starting with the feet and hands.
  — Jenny Blair, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2013
• The result of something called peripheral neuropathy, this happens when the nerves of your peripheral nervous system (think the nerves outside your brain and spinal cord) become damaged.
  — Eleesha Lockett, SELF, 3 May 2022
• These receptors are found in the peripheral nervous system and immune cells, including those related to pain sensation.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
• Another portal may be situated in the peripheral nervous system, which conveys sensory and motor impulses from muscles, organs and skin to the brain and spinal cord.
  — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2021
• Adam remained in a coma for five days, before being diagnosed with an unidentified viral infection that led to the onset of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system.
  — Crystal Ponti, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2017
• Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that primarily affects the skin and peripheral nervous system.
  — Brandon Girod, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• In the neuromuscular area, the company is looking into multiple diseases driven by genetic defects in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and the peripheral nervous system.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021
• Last month, Ashley, 34, revealed that her husband was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• When a nerve agent shuts down this enzyme, classes of neurons throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems quickly get overstimulated, leading to profuse sweating, convulsions and an excruciating death by asphyxiation.
  — Ian Haydon, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2017
• According to Zak, as part of a multi-million dollar government effort, his lab measured central and peripheral nervous system activity simultaneously.
  — Roger Dooley, Forbes, 25 May 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024