Activity 1

WONG, Kateleen Claire - Activity 1

WONG, Kateleen Claire - Activity 1

by Kateleen Claire Wong -
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Your alarm clock woke you up early in the morning to signal that you need to prepare for class. You stretched, yawned, and began to salivate as you smell the brewing coffee. Your stomach also begins to rumble. List the divisions of the nervous system that are involved in each of these responses.

 

The Divisions of the Nervous system that are involved

  • Waking up due to the alarm clock and smelling the coffee 

    • Somatic Sensory or Somatic Nervous System

  • Stretching and yawning 

    • Somatic Sensory or Somatic Nervous System

  • Salivating 

    • Autonomic Nervous System (specifically the Parasympathetic Nervous System)

  • Stomach rumbling 

    • Enteric Motor System

 

Reference:

Tortora, G. J., & Derrickson, B. H. (2017). Tortora’s Principles of Anatomy & Physiology. Wiley.