nervous sys 1 Flashcards
whats the nervous system divided into
cns
pns
cns functions and structure
Includes the brain and spinal cord
Coordinates motor responses
Site of ‘higher intelligence’
E.g. emotion and memory
pns struc and func
Includes all other neural tissue
Coordinates responses with CNS
Has many further subdivisions
where does the afferent nervoUs system carry info froM
receptors in tissues and organs to the cns
where does the efferent nervous system carry info from
cns to an effector
what dies the efferent nervous system divide further into
somatic nervous system
autonomic nervous system
function of somatic nerv sys
controls reresponses bought about by the skeletal muscles
both voluntary and involuntary
coordinate reflex arcs
func of autonomic nervous system
regulates responses of smooth anf cardiac muscle and glanfds
entirely involuntary
what is the afferent or efferent nerv sys part of
PNS
what does the ANS divide into
sympathetic
parasympathetic
sympathetic nerv ssy
assosciated with fight or flight
parasympathetic nerv sys
rest anf digest]
to conserev energy
