Parts of the Nervous System

The __ nervous system carries impulses from the central nervous system to the heart and other organs.

• cerebral

• somatic

• muscular

• autonomic

consists of the brain and spinal cord and coordinates all of the body’s activities

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

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largest part of the brain; is divided into two hemispheres and carries out higher thought processes involved with language, learning, memory, and voluntary body movements

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

consists of sensory and motor neurons that transmit information to and from the central nervous system

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

part of the brain stem that helps control blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing rate

• Central nervous system

• Cerebrum

• Peripheral nervous system

• Medulla oblongata

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part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits impulses to and from skin and skeletal muscles

• Somatic nervous system

• Hypothalamus

• Autonomic nervous system

• Sympathetic nervous system

branch of the autonomic nervous system that controls organs and is most active during emergencies or stress

• Somatic nervous system

• Hypothalamus

• Autonomic nervous system

• Sympathetic nervous system

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• Autonomic nervous system

• part of the brain that regulates body temperature, appetite, thirst, and water balance

• Sympathetic nervous system

• branch of the autonomic nervous system that controls organs and is most active during emergencies or stress

• Hypothalamus

• part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits impulses from the central nervous system to internal organs

• Parasympathetic nervous system

• branch of the autonomic nervous system that controls organs and is most active when the body is at rest

• Somatic nervous system

• part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits impulses to and from skin and skeletal muscles

The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts

• Sympathetic nervous system

• Parasympathetic nervous system

• Autonomic nervous system

• Peripheral nervous system

The PNS (peripheral nervous system)

• contains the brain and spinal cord

• contains all the nerves of the body

• is divided into the somatic and autonomic systems

• is divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions