Nervous system Flashcards
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Central nervous system
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Brain and spinal cord, and controls all complex decisions
2
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Peripheral nervous system
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Transmits messages to and from the CNS, via millions of neurons, to muscles and glands.
3
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Autonomic nervous system
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- Part of peripheral nervous system
- Transmits information to and from internal bodily organs.
- Operates involuntarily
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Somatic nervous system
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- Part of peripheral nervous system
- Transmits information from receptor cells in the sense organs to the CNS.
- Also receives information from CNS that directs muscles to act.
