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The Nervous System Flashcards

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What does the Nervous System do?

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Reacts to external stimuli, and adjusts the body’s processes accordingly by sending messages along neural pathways

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What are the two branches of the Nervous System?

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Peripheral Nervous System

Central Nervous System

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What is the Central Nervous System comprised of?

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The brain and spinal cord

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What is the Peripheral Nervous System comprised of?

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Sensory division

Motor division

  • Somatic Nervous System
  • Autonomic Nervous System

Puts brain in touch with external stimuli

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What is the Autonomic Nervous System comprised of?

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Sympathetic Nervous System

Parasympathetic Nervous System

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What Nervous System do inversions innervate?

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Parasympathetic

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What Nervous System do standing postures innervate?

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Sympathetic

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What Nervous System do balancing postures innervate?

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Parasympathetic

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What Nervous System do back bends innervate?

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Sympathetic

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What Nervous System do forward folds innervate?

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Parasympathetic

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What Nervous System do twists innervate?

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Standing - Sympathetic Seated and Supine - Parasympathetic

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What is a Sympathetic Nervous System response?

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Flight or Fight

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What is a Parasympathetic Nervous System response?

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Rest and Digest

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What Nervous System does Ujjayi innervate?

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Parasympathetic

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What Nervous System does Full Yoga Breath innervate?

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Parasympathetic

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What Nervous System does Nadi Shodhana innervate?

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Parasympathetic

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What Nervous System does Kapalabhati innervate?

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Sympathetic

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What physiological responses occur when the Sympathetic Nervous System is innervated?

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Acceleration of heart and lung action

Inhibition of stomach and intestinal action

Constriction of blood vessels in many parts of the body

Liberation of nutrients for muscular action

Dilation of blood vessels for muscles Inhibition of tear glands and salivation

Dilation of pupil

Relaxation of bladder Inhibition of erection

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What physiological responses occur when the Parasympathetic Nervous System is innervated?

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Slowing down of the heartbeat Lowering of blood pressure Constriction of the pupils Increased blood flow to the skin and viscera Peristalsis of the GI tract

20
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Why do we want a healthy nervous system?

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A healthy nervous system allows us to stay calm in stressful situations

21
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Why is yoga important?

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  • Practice of yoga calms as well as stimulates the nervous system through asana, pranayama and meditation
  • Keep class present
  • Use asana and link the mind and body
  • Philosophy and alignment cues are really important to pull people into class
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Autonomic nervous system?

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  • Regulates certain body processes e.g. breathing, that work without conscious effort to control homeostasis
  • Makes decisions for us. Makes quicker decision.
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Somatic nervous system

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  • making conscious decision in your brain.
  • Choose to do it. Then act on it with a motor response.
  • Nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord with muscles and sensory receptors in the skin. Some responses are reflexes and happen without conscious decision
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How breathing effects the autonomic nervous system

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  • Breathe helps regulate the involuntary response
  • Abnormal breathing can overstimulate the sympathetic system
  • Regulated breathing can moderate the intensity of a pose or situation.
  • Breathing is the tool we use in yoga and outside of yoga.
  • Slowing our breath down, facilitating, controlling our breath
  • If we can teach our students how to move with breath as the most important. If they can channel the breath to the movement, they will find the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic

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