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CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY IN DIABETICS Michelle Anderton MVS 442 February 4, 1999 BASIC DEFINITIONS Autonomic Nervous System: Part of the nervous system that is responsible for control and regulation of the involuntary bodily functions, including those of the heart, blood vessels, visceral smooth muscles and glands. It consists of the sympathetic system, which in general stimulates the body to prepare for physical action and emergency, and the parasympathetic system which stimulates the opposite responses. Neuropathy: Any disease of the nervous system ABOUT AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY I