Nervous System Flashcards
fundamental functions of nervous system
receive information - CNS
processes the information - PNS
issues commands to cells that complete the response - PNS
what carries out the body’s responses?
receptors
what carries out a response to stimuli?
effectors
what nervous system involves information processing?
CNS
what nervous system involves the input and output of the CNS?
input and output of the CNS
what division carries out signals from receptors to the CNS while informing the CNS of stimuli?
sensory division
what division carries signals from receptors in the skin, muscles, and joints?
somatic sensory division
what division carries signals mainly from the viscera and abdominal cavities?
visceral sensory division
what division carries out signals from the CNS to gland and muscle cells that perform the body’s responses?
motor division
what division carries signals to glands, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle?
somatic motor division
visceral motor division contains what two divisions?
sympathetic division and parasympathetic division
what division prepares the body for action?
sympathetic division
what division has a calming effect?
parasympathetic division
