NERVOUS SYSTEM

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  • NERVOUS SYSTEM

    -       a collection of hundreds of billion of specialized and interconnected cells through which messages are sent between the brain and the rest of the body
  • Nervous System
  • TWO DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
    -      Central Nervous System (CNS)
    -      Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
  • Central Nervous System (CNS)

    -      consist of the brain and the spinal cord
  • Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

    -       compose of all the nerve fibers that connect the receptors to the central nervous system and which further connects the central nervous system to the effectors
    -       neurons that link the CNS to our skin, muscles and glands