See Also: woad-waxen(medicine)
sympathetic fibres, postganglionic(medicine)
Woad(medicine)
woad(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Waxen(medicine)
waxen(dictionary)
waxen(2)(dictionary)
waxen(1)(dictionary)
wood-waxen(medicine)

sympathetic fibres, postganglionic (medicine) and woad-waxen (medicine)


sympathetic fibres, postganglionic (medicine)


sympathetic fibres, postganglionic
Nerve fibres which project from sympathetic ganglia to synapses on target organs. Sympathetic postganglionic fibres use norepinephrine as transmitter, except for those innervating eccrine sweat glands (and possibly some blood vessels) which use acetylcholine. They may also release peptide cotransmitters.


woad-waxen (medicine)


woad-waxen
<botany> A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America.

Synonym: greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.

Origin: Cf. Wood-wax.

Source: Websters Dictionary