A&P CHPT 12

What are three primary function of the nervous system

• Digestion, respiration, and circulation
• Memory, learning, and decision making
• Vision, hearing, and taste
• Sensory, integrative, and motor

what type of fiber carries sensory information

• Sensory fibers
• Afferent fibers
• Motor fibers
• Efferent fibers

what type of fiber carries motor information

• Afferent fibers
• Sensory fibers
• Efferent fibers
• Interneurons

what are two main structure of the central nervous system (CNS)?

• stomach and intestines
• brain and spinal cord
• liver and kidneys
• heart and lungs

what are 2 main nervous systems of the body

• Central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS)
• Brain and spinal cord
• Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PNS)
• Autonomic nervous system (ANS) and somatic nervous system (SNS)

what are the main functions of peripheral nervous system

• Store and retrieve memories
• Produce hormones and enzymes
• Regulate body temperature and blood pressure
• connect central nervous, muscles, glands, and receptors

what nervous system does the cranial and spinal nerves belong to

• Motor and sensory nervous system
• Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
• Peripheral and somatic nervous system
• Central and autonomic nervous system

what are 3 subunits of the PNS

• central nervous system
• sympathetic nervous system
• parasympathetic nervous system
• somatic nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and enteric nervous system

which subunit of the PNS is voluntary

• Somatic nervous system (SNS)
• Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS)
• Sympathetic nervous system (SNS)
• Autonomic nervous system (ANS)

which subunit of PNS is involuntary

• Somatic nervous system (SNS)
• Central nervous system (CNS)
• Sympathetic nervous system (SNS)
• Autonomic nervous system (ANS)