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The fight or flight response is initiated by the sympathetic nervous system.
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How might you feel when your sympathetic nervous system is simulated?
With current technology it is not yet possible to simulate a sympathetic nervous system
What is the origin of the sympathetic nervous system?
The sympathetic nervous system has long been recognized as being active in correlation with excitation, but the origin of the term sympathetic was coined by Galen. He identified the sympathetic system as part of the nervous system, noted that the sympathetic chain follows the spinal cord 'in sympathy' and named it as such. It was only much later that Langley in the early 1800's first used the term para-sympathetic and took until Dale and Eccles to discovery something of it's function.
Based on the main neurotransmitters the sympathetic nervous system can be classified as what?
The sympathetic nervous system can be classified as adrenergic, based on the main neurotransmitters used.
The nervous system called the fight or flight system is the?
The Sympathetic Nervous System
What effects does the Sympathetic Nervous System have on the respiratory system?
It dilates the bronchioles.
What kind of stimulus might cause a reponse from your autonomic system?
The autonomic nervous system is in charge of involuntary functions. There are two divisions-the sympathetic and parasympathetic. The sympathetic nervous system initiates the fight-or-flight response in emergency situations. The parasympathetic nervous system is referred to as the "rest and digest" stage in which the body "slows down" after the fight-or-flight response.
What component of the nervous system is associated with the fight or flight?
sympathetic nervous system.
Which division of the autonomic nervous system does epinephrine imitate?
The sympathetic (fight or flight) system.
What nervous system gets your body ready for action in an emergency by increasing adrenalin and slowing down digestion.?
sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
What activates the sympathetic nervous system?
epinephrine and norepinephrine stimulate the sympathetic nervous system
Which organ system carries signals around the body?
They sympathetic and para sympathetic nervous system.
What components of the nervous system is associated with the fight or flight response?
sympathetic nervous system.
What hormone activated the sympathetic nervous system?
epinephrine and norepinephrine stimulate the sympathetic nervous system
Who Activates the sympathetic nervous system?
epinephrine and norepinephrine stimulate the sympathetic nervous system
Does morphine affect the parasympathetic or the sympathetic nervous system?
Sympathetic
The autonomic system is composed of the sympathetic and what system?
Parasympathetic system. (sympathetic is commonly referred to as the "fight or flight" system and the parasympathetic is referred to as the "rest and digest" system)
Does the sympathetic nervous system increase gastrointestinal mobility?
No, it decreases it. The sympathetic system is for 'fight or flight' and the parasympathetic system is for 'rest and digest.'
