Unit 1: The Peripheral Nervous System
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Somatic Nervous System
Controls the body’s skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system
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autonomic Nervous System
Controls our glands and our internal organs. SELF-REGULATING
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The two subdivisions of autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system
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Sympathetic nervous system
arouses the body mobilizing energy
“flight or fight”
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Parasympathetic nervous system
conserves energy and calms the body
"rest and digest”
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Both work together to help maintain
homeostasis