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AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
SALIVARY
STIMULATES
SALIVATION
PARASYMPATHETIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM
SYMPATHETIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM
EYE
CONSTRICTS PUPIL
EYE
DILATES
PUPIL
SALIVARY
INHIBITS
SALIVATION
LUNGS
CONSTRICTS
BRONCHI
LUNGS
CONSTRICTS
BRONCHI
LUNGS
CONSTRICTS
BRONCHI
LUNGS
RELAXES
BRONCHI
HEART
DECREASES
HEART RATE
HEART
INCREASES
HEART
RATE
PANCREAS
STIMULATES INSULIN SECRETION
PANCREAS
INHIBITS INSULIN SECRETION
STOMACH
STIMULATES
DIGESTIVE
ACTIVITY
STOMACH
INHIBITS
DIGESTIVE
ACTIVITY
INTESTINES
REGULATES
COLONIC MOTILITY
INTESTINES
DECREASES
DIGESTIVE
SECRETIONS
BLADDER
CONSTRICTS
BLADDER
BLADDER
RELAXES BLADDER
GENITALIA
RELAXES
RECTUM
GENITALIA
ORGASM,
EJACULATION,
CONSTRICTS RECTUM
ADRENAL GLANDS
INCREASE OF ADRENALINE
ADRENAL
GLANDS
NO INPUT
ADRENAL GLANDS
NO INPUT
As clinicians, one of our roles is to aid clients in understanding how their bodies respond when encountering a threat versus when in a state of emotional homeostasis. The autonomic nervous system helps prepare the body to cope with stress, as well as return the body to a resting state afterwards.
The autonomic nervous system has two sets of nerves: parasympathetic and sympathetic.
When we are in parasympathetic state vs a sympathetic state, our bodies have a physiological response.
Hover over each organ to learn what occurs when your client is in the parasympathetic and sympathetic states.
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