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Question 1

The division of the PNS that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs is?

Answer 1

Automatic nervous system

Question 2

The 2 divisions of automatic nervous system are? Functions?

Answer 2

• sympathetic nervous system: controls organs in times of stress
• parasympathetic nervous system: controls organs when the body rests

Question 3

What’s a reflex

Answer 3

Rapid, involuntary reaction to a stimulus

Question 4

What’s a reflex arc?

Answer 4

Is a specialized pathway by which impulse can travel from receptors to effector

Question 5

Reflex arc consists of?

Answer 5

1) receptor of sense organ detects stimuli
2) sensory neuron conducts message to CNS
3) reflex center (brain & spinal cord)
4) motor neuron conducts message to effector
5) effectors (muscles or glands)