Nervous system 1

Which is the function of the nervous system?

• Detection of changes in and outside the body.
• Integration of information from each of the senses.
• Coordination of muscles, organs, and glands.
• All of these are functions of the nervous system

The division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord

• Central Nervous system
• Peripheral nervous system

All the nervous tissue outside of the brain and spinal cord.

• Central Nervous system
• Peripheral nervous system

The ________ division transmits information from the senses towards the brain.

• Afferent
• Efferent

The _________division transmits commands to the muscles and glands from the brain.

• Afferent
• Efferent

The _______nervous system controls skeletal muscle.

• somatic
• autonomic

The ______ nervous system regulates involuntary smooth and cardiac muscle, as well as glands.

• Somatic
• Autonomic

The parasympathetic division includes “fight or flight” responses.

• true
• false

The sympathetic division includes “rest and digest” responses.

• true
• false

What is D?

• somatic sensory receptors
• parasympathetic division
• brain and spinal cord
• afferent division