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The nervous system two main structural divisions - ✔✔1.) Central Nervous
System(CNS)
2.) Peripheral Nervous System(PNS)
Central Nervous System controls what? - ✔✔the brain and spinal cord
What are the two sub-systems for Peripheral Nervous System? - ✔✔1.) Somatic
Nervous System
2.) Autonomic Nervous System
Somatic nervous system controls what? - ✔✔sensory nerves and the efferent, motor
nerves
(intentional movement and sensation)
Autonomic nervous system controls what? - ✔✔automatic (involuntary) body functions
(unconscious body functions)
Autonomic nervous system two sub-systems? - ✔✔1.) Sympathetic Nervous System
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,2.) Parasympathetic Nervous System
Sympathetic Nervous System is what? - ✔✔Fight or Flight
This system is mediated by catecholamine's including epinephrine, norepinephrine, and
dopamine
Sympathetic Nervous System effects include what? - ✔✔1.) Pupil dilation
2.) Tremors
3.) Tachycardia
4.) Vasoconstriction
5.) Bronchodilation
6.) Blood shunting from the mid-brain
7.) Enhanced neural stimulation of large muscles groups
Parasympathetic Nervous System is what? - ✔✔Feed and Breed/ Rest and Digest
1.) Opposite effect to the SNS
Tachycardia due to what does not correlate with SNS stimulation? - ✔✔medication,
illness or exercise
The five conditions of physiological stimulation? - ✔✔White, Yellow, Red, Gray and
Black
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, Effects of condition WHITE? - ✔✔1.) Normal pulse (60-80 bpm)
2.) Normal resp rate
3.) Fine motor skills intact
4.) Normal cognition
Effects of condition YELLOW? - ✔✔1.) Pulse rate 80-115 bpm
2.) Heightened awareness and normal resp
3.) Elevated BP and tremors
4.) Fine motor skills deteriorate at 115 bpm
Effects of condition RED? - ✔✔1.) Pulse rate 115-145 bpm
2.) Complex motor skills, cognition and visual reaction peak
Effects of condition BLACK? - ✔✔1. Pulse rate 145-175 bpm
2. Cognition decrease
3. Loss of depth perception
4. Auditory exclusion
What is stress inoculation? - ✔✔The process building a person's resistance to stress
What condition is best for realistic training? - ✔✔Condition Red
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