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Central nervous system
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Consists of your brain and spinal cord
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Spinal cord
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A column of nerves. the cord is a neural pthwasy that transmits info between braina n pns.
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Peripheral nervous system
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Bodys link to the outside world. conveys info to muscles and glands that it regulates. divided into somatic and autonomic.
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Somatic nervous system
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Transmits messages between yuour CNS and your sensory organs and muscles. controls voluntatry movement
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Autonomic nervous system
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Controls internal bodily processes like heart beat, respiration, digestion and dialation of pupils.
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Sympathetic nervsous system.
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Part of aut. nerv. sys. speeds up bodily processes and draws energy from sotred reserves. releases sugar from liver.`
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Parasympathetic nerv. sys.
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Replenishes bodily resources by promoting digestion and slowing down other bodily processes
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