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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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Definition
everything that's not brain and spinal cord
cranial nerves and spinal nerves
somatic and autonomic |
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Definition
leave CNS at brainstem
control movements, bring sensory info. |
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Definition
back of body
take sensory info. in |
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Definition
control musculature of body
voluntary movement
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involuntary
sympathetic and parasympathetic |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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Definition
fight of flight response
dilates pupils, relaxes airways, heart rate accelerates, palsm sweaty, inhibited digestion |
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| Sympathetic Chain Ganglia |
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Definition
| allow all responsed to go off at once |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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Definition
rest and digest
constricts pupils and airways, slows heart rate, stimulates glucose release and digestion |
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Definition
sympathetic vs. parasympathetic
common in biology
two opposing processes work at odds with one another all the time
precise control |
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