Donna Lea

almost 7 years ago

The parasympathetic nervous system(PNS) controls homeostasis and the body at rest and is responsible for the body's "rest and digest" function. Thesympathetic nervous system (SNS) controls the body's responses to a perceived threat and is responsible for the "fight or flight" response.

Sympathetic is related to emergency and parasympathetic is related to rest and digestion