6.1 The Peripheral Nervous System

You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system

• somatic and autonomic
• sensory and motor
• parasympathetic and sympathetic
• neurons and anti-neurons

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

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic
• Slow
• Sensory

Autonomic Nervous System is A.K.A.

• Somatic Nervous System

• Involuntary Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

An example of voluntary movement would be:

• waving

• heart beat
• digestion
• breathing 

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

• Sympathetic

• Parasympathetic

• Slow

• Sensory

Involuntary motor neurons have these two responses:

• Sympathetic and parasympathetic
• Fast and slow
• automatic and manual
• Sympathetic and sleeping

Which of the following would be a parasympathetic response?

• Increased heart rate
• Decreased heart rate
• Energy diverted to muscles
• Dilated pupils

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

• Autonomic

• Somatic

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

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

increased heart rate

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic