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Understanding the Peripheral Nervous System

The peripheral nervous system is the portion of the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. It is divided into the somatic nervous system, which connects to skeletal muscles and sensory receptors, and the autonomic nervous system. The somatic nervous system has afferent nerves that carry sensory information to the central nervous system and efferent nerves that carry motor information away. The autonomic nervous system is further divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, with the sympathetic responding to emergencies and the parasympathetic controlling normal body functions like breathing and heart rate.

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Understanding the Peripheral Nervous System

The peripheral nervous system is the portion of the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. It is divided into the somatic nervous system, which connects to skeletal muscles and sensory receptors, and the autonomic nervous system. The somatic nervous system has afferent nerves that carry sensory information to the central nervous system and efferent nerves that carry motor information away. The autonomic nervous system is further divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, with the sympathetic responding to emergencies and the parasympathetic controlling normal body functions like breathing and heart rate.

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Peripheral

Nervous
System (PNS)

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What is PNS
- Peripheral Nervous System
- It is the portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord
- is divided
- somatic nervous system
- autonomic nervous system.
Components and Functions
- Somatic nervous system
- nerves that connect to voluntary skeletal muscles and to sensory receptors
- Afferent nerves
- Carries information to the CNS
- Efferent nerves
- Carries information away from the CNS
- Autonomic nervous system
- Sympathetic division
- Respond to emergencies
- Parasympathetic division
- Controls normal body operations
- Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, etc.
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