Discuss the specific nerves involved in the parasympathetic nervous system
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The parasympathetic nervous system is known as the craniosacral division since it involves four cranial nerves and some sacral nerves. The cranial nerves involved are oculomotor nerves (CN III), facial (CN VII), glossopharyngeal nerves (CN IX), and vagus nerves (CN X). The sacral nerves (S2 - S4 ) make up the pelvic nerves.
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A. increase in intraventricular pressure during ejection. B. backflow of blood toward the ventricles. C. closure of the left AV valve. D. elasticity of the arterial wall. E. closure of the semilunar valves.
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A) finding the papillary muscles B) tracing where the auricles connect C) locating the apex D) the thickness of the ventricle walls