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What makes up the central nervous system?
brain and spinal cord
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What does the peripheral nervous system consist of?
somatic and autonomic nervous systems
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Motor and sensory neurons are part of which nervous system?
somatic
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which neurons take signals from sense organ receptors to the CNS?
sensory
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which neurons take signals from the CNS to the effectors (muscles and glands)
motor
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Name the two parts of the autonomic nervous system.
sympathetic and parasympathetic
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What effect does the sympathetic NS have on heart rate and breathing rate?
Speeds them up
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what effect does the sympathetic NS have on peristalsis and digestional secretions?
slows them down
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What is an advantage of a converging neural pathway
It increases sensitivity to excitatory or inhibitory signals
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Give an advantage of a diverging neural pathway.
It can affect more than one destination at a time.
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What does the peripheral nervous system consist of?

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somatic and autonomic nervous systems

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Motor and sensory neurons are part of which nervous system?

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which neurons take signals from sense organ receptors to the CNS?

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which neurons take signals from the CNS to the effectors (muscles and glands)

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