The peripheral nervous system

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peripheral nervous system

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the second major division of your nervous system. It compromises all the nerves outside of the central nervous system that extend to the outermost borders of your body, including your skin

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Somatic nervous system

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communicates sensory information received by sensory receptors along sensory nerves to the central nervous system

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Autonomic nervous system

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regulates involuntary functions, such as heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing, and digestion. not completely self-regulating

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Sympathetic nervous system

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the body’s emergency system, rapidly activating bodily systems to meet threats or emergencies. collectively represents the fight-or-flight response and prepares you to fight or flee from a perceived danger

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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concerns and maintains your physical resources. it calms you down after an emergency

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Endocrine system

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is made up of glands that are located throughout the body. uses chemical messengers to transmit information from one part of the body to another

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Hormones

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communicates information from one part of the body to another by secreting messenger chemicals, goes straight into your bloodstream until they reach specific hormone receptors on target organs or tissue

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Pituitary gland

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a pea-sized gland under the brain that regulates hormones

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Oxytocin

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an important hormone that is produced by the hypothalamus and released into the blood stream by the pituitary glaand

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Adrenal glands

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produce hormones that are involved in the human stress response and play a key role in the fight-or-flight response, also known as adrenaline

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Gonads

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in women the ogeries secrete the hormones estrogen and progestrone. in men, the tests secrete the male sex organs that releases testosterone