Nervous System

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Nervous system

a complex network that allows us to sense, think, move, and feel.

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Nerves

axons of neurons bundled together with blood vessels and connective tissue.

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Visceral sensory division

Carries stimuli from organs

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Autonomic nervous system

carries stimuli to smooth muscle, and glands

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Sensory (PNS) (afferent) division

Gathers information about internal and external environments

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Integrative Functions (CNS)

Interprets incoming sensory information; determine an appropriate response

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Somatic motor division

neurons transmit signals to skeletal muscle; voluntary control

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Autonomic nervous system

Regulates secretion of certain glands. Contractions of smooth and cardiac muscles

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Dendrite

Receive input from other neurons

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Satellite cells (PNS)

Surround cell bodies of neurons in PNS to provide support functions.