Central Nervous System questions with correct answers

What are the two divisions of the nervous System Answer Central Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System What is the central nervous system? Answer consists of the brain and the spinal cord that are responsible for integrating, processing, and coordinating sensory data and motor commands What is the peripheral nervous system? Answer neural tissue outside the CNS that delivers sensory information to CNS and carries motor commands to peripheral tissues and systems What are the two divisions of the peripheral nervous system? Answer Afferent division Efferent Division What is the afferent division? Answer sends information received from receptors in peripheral tissues and organs TO the CNS = sensory neurons What is the efferent division? Answer sends motor commands from the CNS to muscles, glands, and adipose tissues (effectors) = motor neurons What are the three sub divisions of efferent? Answer somatic autonomic enteric