Governs the brain's involuntary activities and is self-regulating. It is divided into the sympathetic branch (fight 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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CNS
Comprises the brain and spinal cord. It receives info from the senses and controls the body's responses.
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Peripheral nervous system
The part of the nervous system that is outside the brain and 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 form the 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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That part of the central nervous system that is responsible for coordinating sensation, intellectual and nervous activity.
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