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A&P nervous system
Question | Answer |
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Nervous system Processes | Collect information using receptors, process information, and initiate response to the effectors. |
Central Nervous System (CNS) | Processes information. Includes the brain and spinal cord. |
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) | Transmits information to/from the CNS. Includes nerves and ganglia. |
PNS is divided into 2 sections. what are they | Sensory division and Motor division |
Motor division of the PNS includes | Somatic Motor and Autonomic Motor |
Sensory division of the PNS includes | Somatic sensory and Autonomic Sensory |
Somatic Sensory | Consciously perceived senses like from your eyes skin or ears. |
Somatic Motor | Controls voluntary movements like skeletal muscles. |
Autonomic Sensory | Not consciously perceived senses from internal organs |
Autonomic Motor | controls involuntary responses like cardiac and smooth muscles and glands. |
two types of cells in the nervous system | Neurons and Glial |
Structural classifications of neurons |