BRAIN
SPINAL CORD
Question
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Sympathetic Nervous System
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
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Autonomic Nervous System
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Peripheral Nervous System
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Detailed explanation-1: -The peripheral nervous system consists of the nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord. These nerves form the communication network between the CNS and the body parts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Peripheral nervous system: Your peripheral nervous system consists of many nerves that branch out from your CNS all over your body. This system relays information from your brain and spinal cord to your organs, arms, legs, fingers and toes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The afferent division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses to the CNS; the efferent division carries impulses away from the CNS.
Detailed explanation-4: -The central nervous system (defined as the brain and spinal cord) is usually considered to have seven basic parts: the spinal cord, the medulla, the pons, the cerebellum, the midbrain, the diencephalon, and the cerebral hemispheres (Figure 1.10; see also Figure 1.8).