Novak ANS

Question 1

What are the major divisions of the Nervous system?

Answer 1

Sensory nervous (afferent) and motor nervous (efferent) system.

Question 2

.What are the divisions of the sensory nervous system division?

Answer 2

The somatic and the visceral sensory system

Question 3

What are the divisions of the motor nervous system division?

Answer 3

The somatic motor and the autonomic motor

Question 4

What are the divisions within the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 4

The parasympathetic, sympathetic, and enteric.

Question 5

Somatic nervous system neuron structures

Answer 5

1 somatic sensory neuron and 1 somatic motor neuron

Question 6

Autonomic nervous system neuron structures

Answer 6

1 visceral sensory neuron and 2 autonomic motor neuron. The motor neuron synapses through a autonomic ganglion.

Question 7

What are the origins of the sympathetic nerves?

Answer 7

T1-L2.

Question 8

What are the origins of the parasymphathetic nerves?

Answer 8

Brainstem cranial nerves CN3, CN7, CN9, CN10, and sacral nerves.