Sign in to save your progress, vote, and build your own decks.Sign in
The Nervous System A
13 cards·by bvan17
consists of the brain and spinal cord
Central nervous system
composed of nerves arising from brain and spinal cord
Peripheral Nervous system
PNS subdivision that transmits incoming info from the sensory organs to CNS
afferent division
produces the "fight or flight' response
sympathetic division
subdivision that carries info from teh CNS to skeletal muscle
somatic nervous system
subdivision of efferent division that transmits info to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and
glands
autonomic nervous system
consists of all outgoing motor pathways
efferent nervous system
coordinates the body's normal resting activities
parasympathetic divsion
which of the following are classified as nerve fibers
axons and dendrites
which of the following conduct impulses towards the cell body
dendrites
a neuron with one axon and several dendrites is a:
multipolar neuron
which type of neuron lies entirely within the CNS
interneurons
which sequence best represents the course of an impulse over a reflex are?
receptor, sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron, effector.