Explain the concept of autonomic tone
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The parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems are active to some degree most of the time, known as autonomic tone. Autonomic tone can be divided into sympathetic tone and parasympathetic tone. Different degrees of tone exist in different organs.
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