Chapter 11

the master control and coordination system of the body

• nervous system

• muscular system

• endocrine system

• cardiovascular system

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the brain and spinal cord, interprets input and dictates motor responses

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

the spinal and cranial nerves, sensing input from the body and sending information to tissues

• Central Nervous System

• Peripheral Nervous System

A subdivision of the PNS, is also known as the afferent division, via the somatic and visceral afferent nerv e fibers

• Sensory

• Motor

A subdivision of the PNS, is also known as the efferent division, involves the organs, muscles, and glands

• Sensory

• Motor

from the CNS to the skeletal muscles, known as the voluntary nervous system

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

including the smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands, also known as the involuntary nervous system

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

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excitable nerve cells

• astrocytes

• microglia

• neurons

• oligodendrocytes

star cells, connect neurons to capillaries

• astrocytes

• microglia

• neurons

• oligodendrocytes

small and ovoid, long "thorny" process, monitor health of neurons and assist them

• astrocytes

• microglia

• neurons

• oligodendrocytes