what ia autonomic nervous system?explain
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The autonomic nervous system is a component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal.
Autonomic Nervous System :-
The "Autonomic nervous system" was discovered by a scientist named- "Langley".
The autonomic nervous system automatically regulates the activities of the Smooth muscles, Cardiac muscles and Glands.
The autonomic nervous system usually operates without conscious control.
The autonomic nervous system is entirely motor oriented.
All autonomic axons are efferent fibres.
The autonomic nervous system is regulated by specific centres in the brain such as, the Cerebral cortex, the Hypothalamus and the Medulla oblongata.
Autonomic fibres release chemical transmitters at the site of the Synapse.