AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Because the ganglia appear in different parts of your body, their neurons have slightly different forms, namely the length of their ___________________________.

axons

The nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system are "_________________________", meaning they originate from the base of your brain and just above your tailbone.

craniosacral

The structure of each of these systems is related to its ___________________________________.

function

Your autonomic nervous system is the branch of your peripheral nervous system that regulates the functions of your ________________________________, controls your smooth and cardiac muscles, and your glands. Its effects on these things are in no way ____________________________.

internal organs, consistent

In the sympathetic system, the pregangliotic fibers are much SHORTER LONGER than the postgangliotic ones. The reverse is true for the parasympathetic nervous system.

shorter

The _____________________________ division of your autonomic nervous system sounds your internal alarm bells while the _____________________________________ division calms your down and conserves your energy.

sympathetic, parasympathetic

The nerves of the sympathetic nervous system are "_________________________", meaning they originate from between your thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.

thoracolumbar

Your autonomic nervous system is run by _________ competing sides.

two

Both parts of your autonomic nervous system require ____________ neurons to work. They are ganglia. Sympathetic ganglia are found closer to your ___________________________ and parasympathetic ganglia are found way out from there, near or inside their effector organs.

two, spinal cord


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