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Central Nervous System- composed of? brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous System- composed of? spinal nerves and cranial nerves; somatic and autonomic nervous systems
CNS: Brain Function responsible for initiating, controlling, and regulating sensorimotor and cognitive (mental) functions that generate and regulate human behavior
CNS: spinal cord function transmits motor commands to various body parts; transmits sensory information that is collected from the peripheral body parts and environment to the CNS and brain
Protection of the CNS brain: skull and meningeal layers; spinal cord: vertebral column and meningeal layers
PNS spinal nerves: sensory and motor nerves connected to the spinal cord; cranial nerves: sensory and motor nerves connected to the brain stem
two divisions of the PNS 1. somatic nervous system, 2. autonomic nervous system
Somatic Nervous System involved with voluntary control; includes sensory and motor fibers; innervates muscles and skin
autonomic nervous system aka visceral or vegetative system; involved w/involuntary control; includes sensory & motor neurons; innervates visceral organs & glands; regulates activity of organs e.g. salivary glands, heart, lung, blood vessels, stomach, intestines, kidney, bladder
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