Nervous System Review

All are functions of the nervous system except

• Receives information

• Coordinates a response to information

• Creates information

• Processes information

What is the brain and spinal cord a part of?

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Central Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

Main function: to process information received through the sensory systems and other parts of the body and to activate appropriate actions.

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Nerves

• Autonomic Nervous System

Functions: From the body’s organs, glands and muscles to the CNS, including information from the outside world (such as environmental temperature and sensation on the skin, via sensory neurons) and from the inside world (such as aches and pains) • From the CNS to the body’s organs, glands and muscles, via motor neurons.

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

• Nerves

• Sympathetic Nervous System

All a part of the peripheral nervous system except:

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Brain and spinal cord

Controls involuntary motor movements

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Nerves

Controls voluntary motor movements

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

All are apart of the Autonomic Nervous system except:

• Sympathetic Nervous System

• Parasympathetic Nervous System

• Somatic Nervous System

Interprets information/messages and decides action(s) to implement

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Nerves

• Ganglion cells

Two main functions: • Receive sensory information from the body (vis PNS) & send messages to the brain for processing. • Receive motor information from the brain and send it to relevant parts of the body (via PNS) to control muscles, glands and internal organs.

• Brain

• Spinal Cord

• Nerves