The nervous system

Question 1

What is the job of the central nervous system?

Answer 1

Provides complex processing

Question 2

What is the job of the brain?

Answer 2

All conscious sand unconscious processing

Question 3

What is the job of the spinal cord?

Answer 3

Receives and transmits information to the PNS
Does some reflex processing

Question 4

What is the job of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 4

Body wide network of messenger neurones
Sensory neurone send information to the CNS
Motor neurones take information away from the CNS

Question 5

What is the job of the autonomatic?

Answer 5

Controls actions of the internal organs and glands
Involuntary movement
Not conscious control

Question 6

What is the job of the sonomatic?

Answer 6

Voluntary movement
Controls skeletal muscles
Conscious control

Question 7

What is the job of the sympathetic?

Answer 7

Increases bodily activity
Activates fight or flight by releasing adrenaline

Question 8

What is the job of the parasympathetic?

Answer 8

Decreases bodily activity
Activates rest (rest and digest)