nervous system

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  • nervous systems
    • central nervous system
      • brain
      • spinal cord
    • peripheral nervous system
      • autonomic
        • sympathetic
          • fight of flight. increase heart & breathing rate. diverts blood flow from gut to skeletal muscles. reduces rate of peritalisis
        • parasympathetic
          • rest and digest. reduces heart & breathing rate. allows blood flow to the gut. increases rate of peristalisis
      • somatic
        • voluntary movement of skeletal muscles
  • sensory neurons, inter neurons, motor neurons
    • effectors can be muscles of glands
  • agonistic

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