Peripheral Nervous System
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Peripheral nervous system
collections of axons are called nerves
Spinal nerves
often follow blood vessels, contain afferent and efferent axons
Afferent axons
sensory, unipolar, flow towards the CNS
Efferent axons
muscle and gland, multipolar, flow away from CNS
Cranial nerves
control sensory and motor functions of head and neck
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S= sensory
M= motor
B= both
Somatic nervous system
voluntary nervous system, receives sensory information and controls, movement of skeletal muscles
Autonomic nervous system
involuntary nervous system, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands, physiological functions, contains sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
expenditure of energy
Parasympathetic nervous system
activities that increase supply of energy
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