NEET2011ZoologyNeural Control and CoordinationActual
Sympathetic nervous system induces
Options
- Aheart beat
- Bsecretion of digestive juice
- Csecretion of saliva
- DAll of the above
Correct answer
A. heart beat
Step-by-step solution
Medulla of brain has two regions affecting heart rate-(i) cardiac inhibitory centre, (ii) cardiac accelerator centre. Sensory nerves originating from the accelaertor centre run parallel to the spinal cord and enter the sino-artial node. Stimulation by these nerves, which are the part of sympathetic nervous system cause an increase in heart beat