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| Controlling and communicatiing system of the body |
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| Functions of Nervous system |
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1. sensory input- monitoring stimuli occurring inside and outside the body
2. Integration- interpretation of sensory input
3. motor output- response to stimuli by activating effector organs |
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-Brain and spinal cord
-integration and command center |
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-spinal and cranial nerves
-carries messages to and from the spinal cord and brain |
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| where cell bodies are located |
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| collection of nerve cell bodies outside the CNS |
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-Afferent
-somatic sensory division- carries impulses from muscles, bones, and joints to the brain- actions that cannot be controlled
-visceral motor division- transmits impulses from organs to the brain- no thought process |
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-efferent
-transmits impulses from CNS to organs
-somatic- conscious control of skeletal muscles
-Viceral- regulates smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands |
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