The part of the nervous system regulating organs, glands and related internal functions. It includes the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system. Its activity supports bodily regulation during emotion, exercise and many nonemotional states; no single recording is a direct readout of a private feeling.
An autonomic nerve carries fibers involved in regulation of internal organs, glands or vascular targets through the autonomic nervous system. A named peripheral nerve can contain autonomic fibers together with sensory or somatic motor components. The fiber’s function and its anatomical route are different classifications.
A division of the autonomic nervous system contributing to regulation of organs, including control of the heart rate. Changes in cardiac activity can reflect interacting sympathetic and parasympathetic influences rather than a single scalar quantity called activation.
Adjective referring to the parasympathetic nervous system.
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