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... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > issues in motherhood > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and the brain or obesity and behavior > peripheral nervous system
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... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > school health > special populations and vulnerable youth > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and the brain or obesity and behavior > peripheral nervous system
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > child poverty > nutrition > human nutrition > overnutrition > obesity > obesity and the brain or obesity and behavior > peripheral nervous system
social science subjects > health and social care > human body parts > nervous system > peripheral nervous system

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peripheral nervous system  

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  • A part of the nervous system that facilitates communication between the central nervous system (CNS) and other parts of the body. The PNS consists of two types of cells—(1) those that carry information to the CNS (sensory nervous cells) and (2) those that carry information from the CNS (motor nervous cells). [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Peripheral Nervous System]

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