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▪ Dry mouth
▪ Increase in HR and BP
▪ Tachypnea
▪ Constipation
2. Interoceptors: sense organs in the respiratory tract, digestive
and genitor-urinary tract.
3. Proprieoceptors: sense organs embedded in muscles, Parasympathetic – flight or withdrawal response release of
tendons and joints. Acetylcholine decrease in all bodily activity except GI (diarrhea);
chonlinergic/ vagal/ sympatholytic response
2. THE CONNECTING MECHANISM
▪ Increased salivation
● Neurons: is an electrically excitable cell that processes and
▪ Decreased HR and BP
transmits information by electrical and chemical signaling. The basic ▪ Decresead RR
conducting unit of nervous system. ▪ Diarrhea
▪ Seizures
A. Cranial Nerves
31 Spinal Nerves
▪ Cervical – 8 pairs
▪ Thoracic – 12 pairs
▪ Lumbar – 5 pairs
▪ Sacral – 5 pairs
▪ Coccygeal – 1 pair
12 CRANIAL NERVE
I. Olfactory Smell
3. THE REACTING MECHANISM (Muscles and Endocrine
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