Nervous System

• What is the central nervous system?

  Brain and spinal cord
• What does the central nervous system do?

  Relay information to the rest of the body
• What does the peripheral nervous system do?

  Relays information from the CNS to the rest of the body
• What are the two divisions of the peripheral nervous system?

  Autonomic nervous system and somatic nervous system
• What does the somatic nervous system control?

  Voluntary movement
• What does the autonomic nervous system control?

  Involuntary actions
• What are the divisions of the autonomic nervous system?

  Sympathetic and parasympathetic
• What does the sympathetic nervous system do?

  Activates the fight or flight response and uses energy
• What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?

  Conserves energy by relaxing body processes