Peripheral Nervous System

Question 1

What does the Peripheral Nervous System consist of?

Answer 1

Nerve fibres outside the brain and spinal cord

These are made up of long dendrites or axons taking impulses to or from the CNS

Question 2

Where are the cell bodies of sensory neurons located?

Answer 2

In ganglia in the PNS i.e. in the dorsal root ganglia just outside the spinal cord

Question 3

Where are the cell bodies of motor neurons located?

Answer 3

In the CNS i.e. in the grey matter of the brain and spinal cord