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______ _______ regulate essential involuntary body functions such as increasing the heart rate constricting blood vessels and raising the blood pressure. responding to the "fight or flight response" the body prepares to deal with immediate threats to the internal environment |
Sympathetic nerves |
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The ______ ____ regulate essential involuntary body functions such as slowing the heart rate increasing peristalsis of the intestines increasing glandular secretions and relaxing sphincters that's serving as a compliment to the SNS and returning the body to a more restful state. |
Parasympathetic nerves |
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What are the divisions of the nervous system? |
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