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The easiest way to define the peripheral nervous system is to first define the central nevous system. the central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. the peripheral nervous system is everything else. The peripheral nervous system (or PNS) is divided into the autonomic (involuntary like smooth muscle peristalsis in the gut) and somatic (voluntary, like flexing your arm to show off your muscles) nervous systems. The autonomic nervous system is again further subdivided into the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) and the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight).
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What are the spinal and cranial nerves ganglia?
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) original answer by btbchris
Small groups of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?
Peripheral nerves.
What are the two categories of nerves belonging to the peripheral nervous system?
The peripheral nervous system is the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. The two categories belonging to the peripheral nervous system are nerves and ganglia.
What is a bundle of nerves that links the peripheral nervous system to the brain?
The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that links the peripheral nervous system to the brain
All nervous tissue outside of the central nervous system is part of this nervous system?
The peripheral nervous system is made up of all the nerves outside the central nervous system.
Made up of nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to other parts of the body?
That would be the peripheral nervous system.
What are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?
The peripheral nervous system contains all the nerves in the body that lie outside of the spinal cord and brain.They communicate with the central nervous system to make sure our body parts, such as our fingers, can send signals to the central nervous system for processing in our brains.
The sensory nerves and the motor nerves make up the?
peripheral nervous system
Are nerves are found in both the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system?
Yes. You get different types of of nerves and some are associated with the central nervous system and others with the peripheral nervous system
What is the difference between peripheral nerves and cranial nerves?
cranial nerves are nerves which arise from different parts of brain that are paired and 12 pair and 24 in number. peripheral nerves are neurons that exists out side brain and spinalcord and make up peripheral nerve system.
The cranial and spinal nerves form what nervous system?
the peripheral nervous system
In the peripheral nervous system communication occurs along these?
Nerves
