https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf The parts and functions of the nervous system. en-us 2022-02-10 13:08:40 UTC 2025-09-27 11:26:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f344.png aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040185220 The central nervous system includes the brain and the spinal cord. The brain is located in the skull and the spinal cord is located and protected by the spine.]]> 2022-02-10 13:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040185220 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040191600 The peripheral nervous system includes the nerves that move outwards from the nervous system into the other parts of the body and the limbs. ]]> 2022-02-10 13:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040191600 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040209357 Afferent means, literally, "to go toward" and that is what it is doing. The nerves are giving messages to the central nervous system. ]]> 2022-02-10 13:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040209357 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040217282 Efferent is the opposite of afferent, this time it is sending messages from the CNS, to the PNS. These can then be either somatic or autonomic. ]]> 2022-02-10 13:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040217282 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040226970 Somatic means voluntary, and that means you have control over it. This would be the skeletal muscles, the ones that you can move yourself. ]]> 2022-02-10 13:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2040226970 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2046140521 Automatic means that your body does it for you. That also means that you don't have control over it. The automatic nervous system includes the glands, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle. ]]> 2022-02-14 13:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2046140521 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2046152589 The sympathetic nervous system controls the "fight or flight" response that we feel when nervous or anxious.]]> 2022-02-14 13:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2046152589 aderholdtl https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2046159477 The parasympathetic nervous system controls the same organs as the sympathetic nervous system, but relaxes the body instead. ]]> 2022-02-14 13:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aderholdtl/kkyav3mgd0d22ixf/wish/2046159477