GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your parasympathetic nervous system’s job is usually to relax or reduce your body’s activities. Because of the signals it carries, the rhyming phrases “rest and digest” or “feed and breed” are easy ways to remember what your parasympathetic nervous system does.

Detailed explanation-2: -The parasympathetic nervous system is part of the body’s autonomic nervous system. Its partner is the sympathetic nervous system, which control’s the body’s fight or flight response. The parasympathetic nervous system controls the body’s ability to relax. It’s sometimes called the “rest and digest” state.

Detailed explanation-3: -The parasympathetic nervous system, also known as “rest and digest, ” can be thought of as functioning in opposition to the sympathetic nervous system. Its functions include: A decrease in heart rate and contractility of cardiac muscle. Constriction of the ciliary muscle and the pupil for near vision.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is activated, it slows our heart and breathing rates, lowers blood pressure and promotes digestion. Our body enters a state of relaxation, and this relaxation breeds recovery.