peripheral nervous system

Leprosy primarily affects the skin and peripheral nervous system, causing physical deformity and desensitizing one’s ability to feel pain on affected skin.

The peripheral nervous system is made up of all the nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord to give us sensation throughout our bodies.

“We could have an implant in the peripheral nervous system.”

This suggested PGE2 was instead being detected by the peripheral nervous system, which consists of the neurons outside the brain and spinal cord.

The radial nerve is part of the peripheral nervous system.