The parasympathetic branch of the ANS. The actions of the parasympathetic nervous system tend to be antagonistic (1) to those of the sympathetic nervous system. The parasympathetic nervous system is active when we are at relative rest.
If we have just successfully (2) fought or run away then we need to bring our heart rate back down, reduce our breathing (3) and so on.
We will also have expended a lot of energy, including extra resources (4) that we had stored up for just such a situation. When we are a rest, the parasympathetic nervous system mobilizes the storage of energy via increased digestion (5).
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1) antagonistic 2) successfully 3) breathing 4) resources 5) digestion
The parasympathetic branch of the ANS. The actions of the parasympathetic nervous system tend to be antagonistic (1) to those of the sympathetic nervous system. The parasympathetic nervous system is active when we are at relative rest.
If we have just successfully (2) fought or run away then we need to bring our heart rate back down, reduce our breathing (3) and so on.
We will also have expended a lot of energy, including extra resources (4) that we had stored up for just such a situation. When we are a rest, the parasympathetic nervous system mobilizes the storage of energy via increased digestion (5).