systaltic

(sis-tal’tik) [Gr. συσταλτικός drawing together]. Alternately contracting and expanding. systatic (sis-tat’ik). Affecting several of the sensory faculties at the same time: also a disease so acting. system (sis’tem) [L. syste’ma; Gr. σύστημα]. 1. The whole bodily organism. 2. A set or series of parts or organs which unite in a common function. 3. A school or method of practice, as the Brunonian, Galenic, Eclectic, or Para cels i an system. absorbent s., the lymphatic system. acce ory portal s. of Sappey, a sct of small compensatory blood-ve els which are formed around the liver and gall-bladder in cases of cirrhosis. adipose s., the adipose, or fatty, ti ues of the body. alimentary s., the alimentary tract, together with the organs con cerned in the digestion and absorption of food, as the salivary gland, liver, lacteals etc. antagonistic s. See under autonomic nervous s. a ociation s., the set of tracts of fibers in the brain by means of which perceptions are a ociated and thought rendered po ible. autonomic nervous s., that portion of the nervous system which is independent of the cerebrospinal or central nervous system in that its nerve-fibers do not proceed directly from the nerve center to the organ controlled, but pa as neurons from the gray substance to a ganglion in which they encounter a break or “‘synapse,”’ on the other side of which a postganglionic neuron proceeds to the organ controlled. The autonomic fibers regulate the action of the ductle glands, the viscera, blood-ve els,