Autonomic Nervous System
The ANS is the part of the nervous system that we can’t control. Everything here operates without our conscious awareness - your liver processes, your heart beats, the intestines and digestive system. You get the drift - The Behavior Hub
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What is my nervous system and why should I care?
Oh, the nervous system. A complex and mysterious web of electrically charged tissue that makes us who we are, both as individuals and as a species. There are many distinctions that have been made between different types of nervous tissue based on their location, their purpose, their shape, etc… The two broadest categories are the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
The central nervous system includes the brain and the spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system includes all nervous tissue outside of the central nervous system, such as the spinal nerves that branch out from the spinal cord like roads exiting a major freeway, and continue to branch into smaller and…
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An Introduction To The Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System
First up, let’s look at the human nervous system. The nervous system is split up into the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord, while the peripheral nervous system is split up into the somatic and autonomic nervous systems. The somatic nervous system is involved in the movement of our skeletal muscles. The autonomic nervous system – which as the name suggests is involved in a number of typically automatic, regulatory functions – is then further split up into the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS).
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The human body is capable of looking after itself without too much voluntary thought. It quite happily regulates heart rate, blood flow and the distribution of nutrients around the body without you having to consciously intervene in any way – a process run by the autonomic nervous system (ANS).
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems: The Body’s Gas and Brake Pedals
Using the gas and brake pedals appropriately in our lives is equally important if we want to feel and perform well and achieve our goals. In our body, the sympathetic nervous system is the gas that speeds up bodily functions, whereas the parasympathetic nervous system acts as the brake to slow us down.
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The Autonomic nervous system is further subdivided into Sympathetic, commonly described as “fight or flight” fast response, and Parasympathetic, a complementary system that encourages relaxation.
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It may not get a lot of attention, but your autonomic nervous system is actually really important.
What is my nervous system and why should I care?
Oh, the nervous system. A complex and mysterious web of electrically charged tissue that makes us who we are, both as individuals and as a species.
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