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2 major division of the nervous sytem

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Central Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

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Components of the CNS

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brain and spinal cord

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Components of the PNS

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All the nervous tissue outside the CNS (Nerves and ganglia)

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2 functional subdivisions of PNS

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sensory division

motor division

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also called afferent division which conducts action potentials from sensory receptor to the CNS

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sensory division

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Neurons that transmit action potentials from the periphery to the CNS

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sensory neurons

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also called efferent division which conducts action potentials from the CNS to effector organs

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motor division

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neurons that transmit action potentials from the CNS toward the periphery

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motor neurons

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Subdivisons in the motor division

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Somatic Nervous System

Autonomic Nervous System

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divison that transmits action potentials from the CNS to skeletal muscles

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Somatic Nervous System

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Transmit action potentials from the CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Subdivisons of the Autonomic Nervous System

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Sympathetic Nervous System

Parasympathetic nervous system

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unique subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that has both sensory and motor neurons contained wholly within the digestive tract and can function without input from the CNS or other parts of the PNS

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Enteric nervous system