Autonomic Nervous System - kimschles/schlesinger-knowledge GitHub Wiki
From the 2018 Ghosh Yoga Immersive
The Autonomic Nervous System
The autonomic nervous system controls the unconscious body functions like the beating of the heart, breathing, and reflexes like coughing, sneezing, vomiting and swallowing
This system is regulated by the hypothalamus
Comprised of three branches: the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system
Sympathetic Nervous System
Generates the fight-or-flight response
Slows digestion, increases blood flow to the body and increases arousal
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Generates the 'rest and digest' or 'feed and breed' system