Governs the brain's involuntary activities (e.g.stress, heartbeat). It is self-regulating. It is divided into the sympathetic branch (flight or flight) and the parasympathetic branch (rest and digest)
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Brain
That part of the central nervous system that is responsible for coordinating sensation, intellectual and nervous activity.
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
Compromises the brain and spinal cord. It receives information from the senses and controls the body's responses.
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Peripheral Nervous System
The part of the peripheral system responsible for carrying sensory and motor information to and from the spinal cord.
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Somatic Nervous System
The part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for carrying sensory and motor information to and from the central nervous system (CNS)
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Spinal Cord
A bundle of nerve fibres enclosed within the spinal column and which connects nearly all parts of the body with the brain.
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Motor Neurons
Form synapses with muscles and control their contractions.
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Neurotransmitter
Chemical substances that play an important part in the workings of the nervous system by transmitting nerve impulses across a synapse.
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Relay neurons
These neurons are the most common type of neuron in the CNS. They allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate with each other.
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Sensory neurons
Carry nerve impulses from sensory receptors to the spinal cord and the brain.
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That part of the central nervous system that is responsible for coordinating sensation, intellectual and nervous activity.
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Brain
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Compromises the brain and spinal cord. It receives information from the senses and controls the body's responses.
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The part of the peripheral system responsible for carrying sensory and motor information to and from the spinal cord.
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The part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for carrying sensory and motor information to and from the central nervous system (CNS)
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