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It controls involuntary actions such as heart rate, digestion, respiration rate, salivation, perspiration, sexual arousal, and urination.

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Q: What does autonomic nervous system control?
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What is the difference the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system?

Autonomic is the automatic nervous system eg pain response (something you cannot not control) while the somatic nervous system is the thing we can control.


How many divisions of the autonomic nervous system are there?

The autonomic nervous system is responsible for the control of the functions of the internal organs and it has two divisions. These are the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.


Does the hypothalamus control the autonomic nervous system?

Yes


What nervous system innervates cardiac and smooth muscles and glands?

They are controlled by the autonomous nervous system.== ==


Is autonomic nervous system is that portion of the nervous system over which a person has complete control?

YEs


What are some similarities and differences between the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system?

The somatic nervous system is the voluntary part of the brain and it operates under conscious control. The autonomic nervous system is the part of the brain that is involuntary, and that humans have no control over.


What is a part of the nervous system not under voluntary control?

each and every part of body is controlled by the nervous system.


What kind of Eye muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

intrinsic eye muscles are controlled by the autonomic nervous system


Which of the following is a way in which somatic and autonomic nervous systems are similar?

The somatic nervous system is the voluntary part of the brain and it operates under conscious control. The autonomic nervous system is the part of the brain that is involuntary, and that humans have no control over.


What are the things not control by the autonomic nervous system in the body?

Voluntary actions


What part of your nervous system control simple reflexes?

The autonomic nervous system does. It works at the level of the spinal cord.


What describes the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system?

The autonomic nervous system.