divisions of the nervous system

Question 1

central nervous system (cns)

Answer 1

brain and spinal cord

Question 2

peripheral nervous system (pns)

Answer 2

sensory and motor neurons that pass information to and from the cns through electrical impulses

Question 3

somatic nervous system (sns)

Answer 3

one of the divisions in the pns, involved in primarily voluntary actions, also involved in involuntary reflex actions. controls skeletal muscles

Question 4

autonomic nervous system (ans)

Answer 4

another division in the pns, involved in automatic and involuntary actions. nerves in this system arise in the brain and emerge from the spinal cord

Question 5

parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 5

one of the divisions in the ans, slows down heart and breathing rate, it decreases blood flow to the muscles. it increases peristalsis and the production of intestinal secretions

Question 6

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 6

one of the divisions in the ans, increases heart and breathing rate as well as blood flow to the muscles. it slows down peristalsis and the production of intestinal secretions

Question 7

the parasympathetic vs sympathetic nervous system

Answer 7

have opposite effects on the body, therefore having an antagonistic effect