Nerve Functions and Types

To store nutrients

To protect organs

To produce energy

To transmit information

Motor nerves

Sensory nerves

Central nerves

Association nerves

To receive stimuli

To push to one side

To store information

To transmit signals

Central nerves

Afferent nerves

Mixed nerves

Efferent nerves

From body parts to brain

From brain to body parts

Within the spinal cord

From one nerve to another

To store energy

To coordinate immediate responses

To transmit sensory information

To protect the spinal cord

In the heart

In the spinal cord

In the brain

In the muscles

Peripheral nerves

Association nerves

Sensory nerves

Motor nerves

It produces hormones

It protects the brain

It manages certain functions

It stores nutrients

Motor nerves receive stimuli from the environment

Sensory nerves send responses to the brain

Sensory nerves receive stimuli and motor nerves send responses

Both types of nerves perform the same function