6.1 The Peripheral Nervous System

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You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system: somatic and autonomic, sensory and motor, parasympathetic and sympathetic, neurons and anti-neurons.

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sensory and motor

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This involuntary response is also known as "fight or flight"

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Sympathetic

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Autonomic Nervous System is A.K.A.

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Involuntary Nervous System

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An example of voluntary movement would be: waving, heart beat, digestion, breathing 

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waving

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This involuntary response occurs AFTER a period high stress and causes body to calm down such as walking around after a car accident.

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Parasympathetic

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Involuntary motor neurons have these two responses:

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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Which of the following would be a parasympathetic response? Increased heart rate, Decreased heart rate, Energy diverted to muscles, Dilated pupils

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Decreased heart rate

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Which part of my peripheral nervous system shuts down when I am sleeping?

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Somatic

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Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST

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parasympathetic

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increased heart rate

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sympathetic