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Central Nervous And Peripheral Nervous System

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My most interested system is the nervous system. The nervous system is made up of the brain, the spinal cord, and nerves. One of the most important systems in your body, the nervous system is your body's control system. It sends, receives, and processes nerve impulses throughout the body. Together, these organs are responsible for the control of the body and communication among its parts. The nervous system has two major parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
The central nervous system is the primary center of the body. It is composed of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord. It processes, guide movement and send out sensations throughout the body. The brain sits right in the skull and have four parts to it, the brain stem, cerebrum, cerebellum, and the diencephalon. The spinal cord is a long tube that connects to the brain and down the back of the body. It has 31 segments and there are pair of spinal nerves in each segment. Both motor and sensory nerves are in the spinal cord. …show more content…

Such as eyes, ears, skin, and other "sensory receptors". The peripheral nervous system is made up of two parts, somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system. The somatic system picks up sensory information and its carried to the central nervous system. They also consist of the motor nerve fibers. It sends messages for movement and acts to the skeletal muscle. It sends messages to the brain to give the muscle to give action. The autonomic nervous system is made up of three parts; sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, and enteric nervous system. System controls organs in the body where humans cannot. Like, heartbeat, digestion, and

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