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Sympathetic

sympathetic

1. (Science: psychology) Pertaining to, caused by or exhibiting sympathy.

2. (Science: physiology) A sympathetic nerve or the sympathetic nervous system.

Origin: Gr. Sympathetikos


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Flu symptoms...sympathetic or parasympathetic?

Are the responses to pathogen invasion (eg. increased body temperature) initiated by the sympathetic nervous system OR the parasympathetic nervous system? I would guess that it would be parasympathetic ("rest and digest")...but on the other hand, I could see ...

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by SysBio
Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:26 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Flu symptoms...sympathetic or parasympathetic?
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Re: Regulation of a heartbeat

Hello guyz Conditions which lead to sympathetic stimulation like lead to increase heart rate and force of contraction Conditions that lead to parasympathetic stimulation like lead to decrease heart rate but have nothing to do with contractility ...

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by sanjidcapa
Tue May 05, 2009 9:18 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Regulation of a heartbeat
Replies: 2
Views: 1331

Re: Vagus Nerve

... regulating system ( in cardiovascular system (anatomy): Nervous control of the heart ) Nervous control of the heart is maintained by the parasympathetic fibres in the vagus nerve (parasympathetic) and by the sympathetic nerves. The vagus nerve is the cardiac inhibitor, and the sympathetic ...

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by sanjidcapa
Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Vagus Nerve
Replies: 16
Views: 39266

Regulation of a heartbeat

ANS connects to SA node via dual innervation: First from sympathetic nervous system (Spinal nerve T1-4) Second from parasympathetic nervous system(Cranial nerve CN-X) Sympathetic stimulation lead to increase rate of SA impulses so increase heart rate ...

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by MohammedAmer
Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:45 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Regulation of a heartbeat
Replies: 2
Views: 1331

Regulation of a heartbeat

... --> AV node --> Bundle of His --> Purkinje fibres. However, I've also read that the ANS plays a role in the regulation, along with its sympathetic and para sympathetic nervous system, but I don't quite understand how it fits in with regulating the heartbeat, other than that it is an ...

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by Fatty
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:09 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Regulation of a heartbeat
Replies: 2
Views: 1331
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