Parasympathetic system

Cards (4)

  • Rest and digest response
  • Helps to conserve energy, relax and brings heart rate down
  • Looks like 
    • Decrease in heart rate 
    • Decrease in air intake by lungs 
    • Pupils of eyes are constricted (get smaller
    • The muscles involved in digestion are relaxed
    • There in an increase in intestinal activity
  • The parasympathetic nervous system is in control most of the time