PSYC 2410 Study Guide - Final Guide: Anterograde Tracing, Hydrocephalus, Cerebrum
8 Dec 2015
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The vertebrate nervous system is composed of two divisions: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The division of the nervous system located within the skull and spine. Is composed of two divisions the brain and spinal cord. Composed of two divisions the somatic and autonomic nervous systems. Is the division located outside the skull and spine. Somatic nervous system (sns): interacts with the external environment, and composed of afferent nerve. Afferent nerves: carry signals from the skin skeletal muscles, joints, eyes, ears and so on to the central nervous system and efferent nerves. Efferent nerves: carry motor signals from the cns to the skeletal muscles. Autonomic nervous system (ans): regulated the body"s internal environment composed of afferent nerves that carry sensory signals from internal organs to the cns and efferent nerves tat carry motor signals from the cns to internal organs. All sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves are two stage neural paths:
