Nervous System

The functions of the nervous system include

• detect stimuli

• interpret stimuli

• respond to stimuli

• all of these

The Central Nervous System is composed of

• brain & spinal cord

• nerves associated with the brain and spinal cord

The peripheral nervous system in composed of

• brain and spinal cord

• the nerves associated with the brain and spinal cord

Receives and interprets stimuli, than dispatches impulses to glands and muscles

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Lies outside the brain and spinal cord and allows them to communicate with the rest of the body

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Visceral sensory nerves and somatic sensory nerves are part of the

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Carries impulses from the organs within the body and from the surface of the body

• somatic sensory nerves

• somatic subdivision

• visceral sensory nerves

• autonomic subdivision

carry impulses from the body surface

• somatic sensory nerves

• somatic subdivision

• visceral sensory nerves

• autonomic subdivision

the subdivision of the motor division that is a system of nerve fibers that carry impulses from the CNS to the skeletal system

• somatic subdivision

• autonomic subdivision

part of the autonomic subdivision that carries impulses to stimulate the activity of body organs

• sympathetic

• parasympathetic