{"id":559,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"ens-part-of-pns?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"ENS part of PNS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">ENS part of PNS ?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Enteric Nervous System (ENS) is a part of the <a href=\"?p=506\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Peripheral Nervous System<\/span><\/a> (PNS), which is directly controlling the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gastrointestinal_system\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">gastro-intestinal (GI) system.<\/span><\/a> The ENS receives considerable excitations from the ANS. The ENS has been described as the &quot;second brain&quot;, because it can operate autonomously. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The ENS communicates mostly with the ANS through its <a href=\"?p=507\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">parasympathetic vagus nerve<\/span><\/a> and sympathetic <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prevertebral_ganglia\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">prevertebral ganglia<\/span><\/a>. However, studies show that when the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vagus_nerve\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">vagus nerve<\/span><\/a> is severed, the ENS continues to function. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Many research papers detail how the ENS mirrors the CNS. Just like the skull-brain, this system sends and receives impulses, records experiences and responds to emotions. Its nerve cells are influenced by the same neurotransmitters. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">These cells are located in the sheaths of tissue lining the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine (8.5 meters). The <a href=\"?p=175\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">network of over 100 million neurons<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"?p=187\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">neurotransmitters<\/span><\/a>, and proteins zap messages between them and support cells like those found in the brain. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It&#8217;s complex circuitry enables it to act independently, learn, remember, and produce gut feelings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"219\" width=\"166\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/gut-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=560\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENS part of PNS ? The Enteric Nervous System (ENS) is a part of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS), which is directly controlling the gastro-intestinal (GI) system. The ENS receives considerable excitations from the ANS. The ENS has been described as the &quot;second brain&quot;, because it can operate autonomously. 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