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The nervous system
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Nervous System -
Primary control center for the body
Central Nervous System -
control center for the entire nervous system
Peripheral Nervous System - nerve processes that connect the CNS with glands, muscles and receptors. (cranial and spinal nerves)
Brain
Spinal Cord
Somatic Nervous System - Carry impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscle tissue (voluntary)
Autonomic Nervous System - Carries info from the CNS to cardiac muscle, glands, and smooth muscle (involuntary)
Sympathetic Nervous System -
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Afferent - Composed of nerve cells that carry info from receptors to the CNS
Efferent - Composed of nerve cells that carry impulses from the CNS to muscles and glands