NERVOUS SYSTEM ORGANISATION

• WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?

  central and peripheral
• WHAT IS THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SPLIT INTO TO?

  motor and sensory
• WHAT IS THE MOTOR NERVOUS SYSTEM SPLIT INTO?

  voluntary and autonomic
• WHAT DOES THE CNS CONSIST OF?

  brain and spinal cord
• WHAT DOES THE MOTOR NERVOUS SYSTEM DO?

  carry nerve impulses away from the CNS to effectors
• WHAT DOES THE SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM DO?

  carry nerve impulses from receptors to the CNS
• WHAT DOES THE VOLUNTARY NERVOUS SYSTEM DO?

  carries nerve impulses to body muscles under voluntary/ conscious control
• WHAT DOES THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DO?

  carries nerve impulses to glands, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle but is not under voluntary control (is involuntary/ subconscious)