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Q: What happens if the nerves to the heart are severed?
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What happens when your nerves shut down?

you have a heart attack


Can hamsters be paralyzed?

Yes. I think they can. Any living thing can be, if its nerves are severed.


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What is the time that a severed finger can remain viable for reattachment?

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What is a neurogenic heart?

A heart who's activity is controlled by nerves.


Do you have nerves in your heart?

Yes, but not somatic nerves. Instead the heart is enervated by the autonomic nervous system (used mainly to speed up and/or slow down the heart rate). There is also an internal set of nerves (referred to as Perkingi fibers) that are used to synchronize the beats of the heart.


Do chickens have two brains If not how does a chicken run without a head?

when a chicken has its head cut off, there are still nerves working in the body - with no head - it is these nerves that cause the chicken to run for a few seconds after death (I was told by a teacher at school that they just have a bundle of nerves in their neck, which explains how they can run around headless if their neck was severed close to the base of their head. I guess they would usually die of blood loss when this happens...)


What is the parts of circulation?

blood and nerves heart


Why do you have a heart in your body?

to control your Brain and nerves


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A 60 year old is unable to walk 100 yards without experiencing severe pain in his left lower leg He was told to have the sympathetic nerves of the the vasomotor tone severed How does surgery help?

The sympathetic nerves that controls the vasomotor tone is known to cause the smooth muscle vessels to be in a state of moderate constriction. If severed it will cause a smoother blood flow.