NUR 307 Medications of the Autonomic Nervous System student answer Download for an A

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Medications of the
Nervous System

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Medications of the
Autonomic Nervous System
NUR 307
Juan M Gonzalez BSN, RN

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Two Major Divisions of the
Nervous System
● Central Nervous System (CNS)
● Brain and spinal cord

● Peripheral Nervous System
● all nervous tissue outside the CNS, including sensory and
motor neurons

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The Peripheral Nervous System
(an overview)

● Somatic Nervous System
● Voluntary

● Autonomic Nervous System
● Involuntary
● Subdivided
● Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
● “Fight or Flight”
● Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
● “Rest & Digest”