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afferent or sensory - Correct answer-Convey info from the receptors in the central
nervous system
Efferent peripheral system - Correct answer-Convey info from the central nervous
system to muscle and glands
What is the Efferent system divided into? - Correct answer-Somatic nervous
system and the autonomic nervous system
Somatic Nervous System - Correct answer-Conducts impulse from the brain and
the spinal cord(CNS) to skeletal muscles- enable us to respond to outside
environment
autonomic nervous system - Correct answer-Involuntary- conducts impulse from
the brain and the spinal cord to smooth muscles (e.g. intestines) cardiac muscle,
glands
What are the 2 divisions of the autonomic nervous system? - Correct answer-1.
Sympathetic
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, 2. parasympathetic
nerve tissue - Correct answer-Consists of grouping of nerve cells called neurons
- Neurons transmit nerve impulse in form of electrochemical changes
Nerve - Correct answer-A bundle of nerve cells or fibers
Neuroglia (nerve glue) - Correct answer-support and protect neurons; 60% of all
brain cells are neuroglia cells (do not conduct impulse)
Different types of neuroglia cells - Correct answer-1. Astrocytes
2. Oligodendroglia
3. Microglia
4. Microglia
5. Ependymal
6. Schwann
Astrocytes - Correct answer-Star shaped that wrap around nerve cells
Oligodendroglia - Correct answer-Look like small osteocytes- Support forming
semi rigid connective tissue, myelin sheath, formations on neurones of brain and
Spinal cord
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