AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
PNS stands for
A
Productive Nervous System
B
Peripheral Nervous System
C
Political Nervous System
D
Primary Nervous System
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is that part of your nervous system that lies outside your brain and spinal cord. It plays key role in both sending information from different areas of your body back to your brain, as well as carrying out commands from your brain to various parts of your body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves, which are motor nerves, responsible for regulating voluntary eye movements. Vestibulocochlear nerves, which are sensory nerves, related to the sense of hearing, linked with sound, orientation, and balance.

Detailed explanation-3: -The organs of the peripheral nervous system are the nerves and ganglia. Nerves are bundles of nerve fibers, much like muscles are bundles of muscle fibers. Cranial nerves and spinal nerves extend from the CNS to peripheral organs such as muscles and glands.

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