HAP5.5 Peripheral Nervous System

What is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?

• axons
• sensory receptors
• spinal cord
• motor neurons

Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is FIGHT OR FLIGHT

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

 Division of the Autonomic Nervous System (which is a subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System) that is & REST AND DIGEST

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

increased heart rate

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

active digestion

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

pupils constricted

• parasympathetic
• sympathetic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

decreased respiration

• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities

• autonomic
• somatic
• sympathetic
• parasympathetic

The major role of the interneuron (association neuron) is to ________.

• carry information from the central nervous system to muscles and/or the viscera
• form a lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the outside of axons
• transmit nerve impulses from the skin and organs to the central nervous system   
• connect motor and sensory neurons in their pathways

Type of neuron that carries messages from the body to the brain/spinal cord:

• Afferent/sensory

• Efferent/motor