Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach (8th Edition)
Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134605197
Author: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn
Publisher: PEARSON
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To determine: The reason how nicotine affects heart rate provided the fact that postganglionic sympathetic neurons secrete norepinephrine, not ACh.

Introduction: The autonomic nervous system controls the smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, many glands, and adipose tissue. The ANS is divided into two categories; one is a sympathetic division that regulates the body at the time of threat or injury while the other one is the parasympathetic system that controls the body response at rest position.

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