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Is the peripheral nervous system a name used to refer to all of the nerves except those that stay in the brain and spinal cord?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes. The CNS (Central Nervous System) includes the brain and spinal cord, so everything within those two are considered within it also. All of the nerves on the outside of the CNS is called the PNS (Peripheral Nervous System).
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What type of system is fprmed by spinal and cranial nerves?
for the nerves the peripheral nervous system, for your brain and spinal cord the cental nervous system.
The two main components of the nervous system are?
The central nervous system (brain, spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (nerves).
What part of the peripheral nervous system is composed of the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?
Spinal nerves , cranial and branches
What are the organs othe nervous system?
The organs of the nervous system are the brain the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves. The cells of the nervous system are the neurons.
What is the cauda equina composed of?
it's the part of peripheral nervous system and composed of lumbar and sacral spinal nerves.
What are the spinal and cranial nerves ganglia?
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) original answer by btbchris
What nerves are included in the peripheral nervous system?
PNS includes all nerves throughout the body, except the brain and spinal cord.
How would you define peripheral nervous system?
The peripheral sytem is the outer layering of the nervous system.It is attached to all sorts of nerves and also the spinal cord The peripheral nervous system is the part of the nervous system that controls the limbs. The peripheral nervous system contains nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord.
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.
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
Small groups of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?
Peripheral nerves.
What type of system is fprmed by spinal and cranial nerves?
for the nerves the peripheral nervous system, for your brain and spinal cord the cental nervous system.
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 part of the nervous system consists of all of the spinal nerves and cranial nerves is the?
Peripheral nervous system consist of all of the Cranial nerves and Spinal nerves. This division is Anatomical and not Physiological.
What are The nerves that branch beyond the spinal cord?
peripheral nervous system
The cranial and spinal nerves form what nervous system?
the peripheral nervous system
The two main components of the nervous system are?
The central nervous system (brain, spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (nerves).
