They relax airways allowing you to increase respiration.

They dilate pupils allowing for close sight to anticipate and attack from a predator/foe.

They stimulate the activity of the intestines promoting digestion.

They slow heartbeat.

They stimulate salivation.

If you just ate a big meal.

Laying in a hammock reading a book at the beach.

Experiencing a broken bone while landing a gymnastic flip the wrong way.

If Jessica accidentally touches the stove while cooking and she immediately pulls her hand back, this is an example of the autonomic nervous system.

Alexa is presenting a project in front of her class. She starts sweating and her heart rate increases. This is an example of the autonomic nervous system, sympathetic division.

Which is true of the sympathetic nervous system?

Which is true of the parasympathetic nervous system?

Term describes most vital organs receiving instructions from both sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions