Organization of the Nervous System

What are the two main divisions of the nervous System?

• Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

• Autonomic and Somatic Nervous Systems

• Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Nervous Systems

• Motor and Sensory Nervous Systems

What part(s) of the body make up the central nervous system?

• brain

• Lungs

• Kidneys

• Liver

• spinal cord

What part(s) of the body make up the peripheral nervous system?

• brain

• cranial nerves

• spinal nerves

• brain stem

• spinal cord

The division of the nervous system that sends impulses from the senses to the CNS

• efferent

• sensory

• motor

• afferent

• spinal cord

Which division of the nervous system sends impulses from the CNS to muscles and glands?

• sensroy

• motor

• afferent

• efferent

• brain

What part of the nervous system responds in emergency situations (also called the "fight-or-flight" response?

• Sympathetic nervous system

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Endocrine System

• Digestive System

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What part of the nervous system slows involuntary responses in the body (also known as the "rest-and-digest" nervous system)

• Sympathetic nervous system

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Endocrine System

• Digestive System

What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

• sympathetic and parasympathetic

• Central and Peripheral

• Sympathetic and Enteric

• Somatic and Enteric

What part of the motor division of the nervous system controls involuntary responses?

• autonomic nervous system

• Somatic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

What part of the motor division of the nervous system controls voluntary skeletal muscles?

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System