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Maria Edith

As we can see in Figure 4, these two systems work differently. Their
functions are quite opposite but, very importantly, they complement
each other.

Sympathetic Parasympathetic
Alert Rest
Stress system in action Recovery system in action
Liver releases sugar Liver makes glucose
Sweat glands active Sweating stops
Heart beat and blood Heart beat and blood
Pressure increase Pressure reduction
Arm and leg muscles Muscle stress
Tense Drops
Blood goes to the Blood to the digestive organs
Periphery (Food is digested active)
Catabolic Anabolic
Assimilation Dissimilation
(processes) (processes)
Tension Relaxation

Fig.4. Here you can see how the two systems
have an antagonistic effect

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