Human Anatomy Exam test queries
and answers graded A+
Functions of Nervous System - ANS✅✅1. Coordination of activities
2. Senses changes
3. Motor controls, muscles, glands
4. Associative functions- memory, intelligence, thoughts, etc.
Central Nervous System (CNS) - ANS✅✅Includes the brain and spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ANS✅✅Includes the cranial nerves, spinal nerves and ganglia
PNS Systems + Subdivisions - ANS✅✅1. Afferent (sensory) System
2. Efferent (motor) System
a) subdivisions of motor system:
-Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
-Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
-> Parasympathetic
-> Sympathetic
Afferent System - ANS✅✅Sensory; conveys info. from receptors to the CNS
Efferent System - ANS✅✅Motor; conveys info. from CNS to muscles or glands
Subdivisions of Motor System - ANS✅✅1. Somatic NS
2. Autonomic NS
Somatic Nervous System (SNS) - ANS✅✅Voluntary muscles; skeletal
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - ANS✅✅Motor control of involuntary muscles;
parasympathetic, sympathetic
and answers graded A+
Functions of Nervous System - ANS✅✅1. Coordination of activities
2. Senses changes
3. Motor controls, muscles, glands
4. Associative functions- memory, intelligence, thoughts, etc.
Central Nervous System (CNS) - ANS✅✅Includes the brain and spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ANS✅✅Includes the cranial nerves, spinal nerves and ganglia
PNS Systems + Subdivisions - ANS✅✅1. Afferent (sensory) System
2. Efferent (motor) System
a) subdivisions of motor system:
-Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
-Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
-> Parasympathetic
-> Sympathetic
Afferent System - ANS✅✅Sensory; conveys info. from receptors to the CNS
Efferent System - ANS✅✅Motor; conveys info. from CNS to muscles or glands
Subdivisions of Motor System - ANS✅✅1. Somatic NS
2. Autonomic NS
Somatic Nervous System (SNS) - ANS✅✅Voluntary muscles; skeletal
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - ANS✅✅Motor control of involuntary muscles;
parasympathetic, sympathetic