Chapter 16, Problem 3TYC

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The effect of heart and the body's ability to react to a stressful situation if the cardiac nerves were destroyed.

Introduction:

The cardiac nerves are autonomic nerves that supply the heart. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) can be characterized as a motor nervous system that controls organs, cardiac muscles, and smooth muscle. It is likewise called the visceral motor system to recognize it from the somatic motor system, which controls the skeletal muscles. They include Superior cardiac nerve and Middle cardiac nerve.