EMBRYOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Question
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involuntary
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voluntary
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is also known as the efferent (motor) visceral nervous system. It controls the autonomic functions of the body such as heart rate, respiration, digestive secretions, sexual arousal, flight to fight responses, reflex actions, such as coughing, vomiting, swallowing, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -The involuntary nervous system (vegetative or autonomic nervous system) regulates the processes in the body that we cannot consciously influence. It is constantly active, regulating things such as breathing, heart beat and metabolic processes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Your autonomic nervous system is the part of your nervous system that controls involuntary actions, such as the beating of your heart and the widening or narrowing of your blood vessels.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although most of the autonomic nervous system responses are involuntary, they can integrate with the somatic nervous system, which is responsible for the voluntary movements.