1. What activities or functions of the circulatory system are controlled by the nervous
system?
2.What activities or functions of the digestive system are controlled by the
nervous system?
3.What activities or functions of the respiratory system are controlled by the nervous
system?
4. What activities or functions of the musculoskeletal system are controlled by the nervous
system?
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Answer:
1.The regulation of the heart and peripheral circulation by the nervous system is accomplished by control centers in the medulla that receive descending input from higher neural areas in the brain and afferent input from mechanically and chemically sensitive receptors located throughout the body.
2.The nervous system exerts a profound influence on all digestive processes, namely motility, ion transport associated with secretion and absorption, and gastrointestinal blood flow.
3.The motor cortex within the cerebral cortex of the brain controls voluntary respiration (the ascending respiratory pathway). Voluntary respiration may be overridden by aspects of involuntary respiration, such as chemoreceptor stimulus, and hypothalamus stress response.
4. Mobility
Stability
Posture
Circulation
Respiration
Digestion
Urination
Childbirth
Vision
Organ protection
Temperature regulation