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What major two anatomical subdivisions does the nervous system have - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Central Nervous System(CNS)
Peripheral nervous system(PNS)
Central Nervous System(CNS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔consists of the brain and
spinal cord; performs most decision making functions; protected by cranium
and vertebral column
, Peripheral nervous system(PNS) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the sensory and motor
neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body:"all the rest"; has
nerves and ganglia
Nerve - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A bundle of axons wrapped in fibrous tissues
ganglion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔knotlike swelling in a nerve where the cell bodies
of neurons are concentrated
Receptors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special structures that allow living organisms
to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment.
Sensory affrent division - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔carried signals from receptors ri
CNS; informs CNS of stimuli
somatic sensory division - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔carries signals from skin,
muscles, bones, and joints
visceral sensory division - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔carries signals mainly from the
viscera of the thoracic and abdominal cavities, such as the heart, lungs,
stomach, and urinary bladder
Motor (efferent) division - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Transmits impulses from the CNS
to gland and muscle cells that carry out bodies receptors