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  • o   made up of the brain and spinal cord which Is responsible for making conscious decisions and sending messages to target organs, muscles, and gland.
    o   Brain is the centre of our thoughts and receives information from the sensory neurone and moves it down to the spinal cord for any reflex movement or to motor neurones for a response.
  • o   CNS the brain is the centre of all conscious awareness. It receives information from sensory receptors. This information travels to the spine which is responsible for reflex actions and passes information to the brain, linking with our peripheral nervous system.
    o   PNS transmits messages to and from the CNS. The PNS is further divided into the autonomic nervous system which governs the ‘automatic’ functions e.g., breathing and heart rate, and the somatic nervous system which controls muscle movement, receives info form sensory receptors.