Chapter 7: Functional Classification Flashcards

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What are the two division of the Peripheral Nervous System?

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Sensory (afferent), and Motor (efferent)

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What are somatic sensory fibers?

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Fibers delivering information to the skeletal muscles and joints. This is considered our voluntary nervous system.

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What are visceral sensory fibers?

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Fibers that transmit information to the visceral organs. This is considered part of our involuntary nervous system.

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What does that autonomic nervous system control?

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Activities of smooth and cardiac muscles as well as those of the glands.

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What are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system?

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Sympathetic, and parasympathetic.

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