Nervous System Study Quide

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

• Brain/spinal cord
• Interprets and responds to orders

Question 2

PNS

Answer 2

• Sends stimuli from sensory receptors to CNS
• Brings responses from CNS to the necessary area of the body

Question 3

Under PNS
- Motor Division -

Answer 3

• Movement

Question 4

Under PNS
- Sensory Division -

Answer 4

• the five senses

Question 5

Under Motor Division
- Somatic -

Answer 5

• Carries signals to and from skeletal muscles, mainly in response to external stimuli

Question 6

Under Motor Division
- Autonomic -

Answer 6

• Regulates the internal environment by controlling smooth and cardiac muscles and the organs of the digestive, cardiovascular, execratory, and cardocrine system

Question 7

Under Autonomic
- Sympathetic Division -

Answer 7

• fight or flight

Question 8

Under Autonomic
- Parasympathetic Division -

Answer 8

• Rest and digest

Question 9

Under Autonomic
- Enteric Division -

Answer 9

• Organ secretions & smooth muscle activities