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Parasympathetic System
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Parasympathetic System
What does it control: rest and digest
- Specific Organs: breathing, heart rate, digestion
Ganglions
- Preganglion: longer Postganglion: shorter
Where is it
- Cranial and Sacral regions
Symptoms
- miosis (pupil constrict) bradycardia (decreased HR)
Neurochemical Aspects
- Acetylcholine for both preganglion and postganglion
- Both neurotransmitters have cholinergic receptors
- nicotinic: controls skeletal system, post-ganglionic neurons of SNS and PNS fibers muscarinic: found on PNS of postganglionic fibers
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- 12th grade Human Physiology (Day 1: Autonomic Nervous System + Homeostasis+Muscles) Mind Map on Parasympathetic System, created by Katie Chu on 02/07/2022.
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