Overview of the Nervous System. Psychology

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Nervous System

  • Central Nervous System (CNS)
  • Brain
  • Interprets information received
  • Issues orders to organs
  • Spinal Cord
  • Pathway from brain to PNS
  • Contains the reflex arc
  • Contains afferent, efferent and interneurons
  • Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Involuntary and automatic functions
  • Regulates glands, organs, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, dilation of blood vessels and pupils, etc.
  • Parasympathetic Division
  • Maintains normal function; energy efficient
  • Sympathetic Division
  • Fight-or-flight reaction to stress
  • Somatic Nervous System
  • Voluntary functions
  • Skeletal muscle movement
  • Sensory System (afferent)
  • Messages from senses to CNS
  • Motor System (efferent)
  • Messages from CNS to muscles and glands
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