ANS
1 Americanabbreviation
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Jason Weckstein, who works at ANS, points out that the problem isn’t new.
From NewsForKids.net • Apr. 16, 2024
“The ANS is known in regional and national environmental circles as a leader; it’s going places where no other environmental organization has gone before,” Brewer said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
Also known as the visceral or involuntary nervous system, the ANS is made up of two parts: the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, and it functions without our conscious, voluntary control.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2021
Axons of neurons in the ANS do not form the highly organized NMJs with smooth muscle, as seen between motor neurons and skeletal muscle fibers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
So that she dotes on you; and regards you no longer… ANS.
From The Blunderer by Molière
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