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What are small groups of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?
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Ganglion or ganglia .
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Small groups of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?
Peripheral nerves.
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.
List the structures of the CNS and PNS?
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)Contains all nerves outside of the brain & spinal cord.Somatic Nervous System (Voluntary)Two types: Sensory (or afferent) and motor (or efferent) nerves
What are the small groups of nerves outside the brain called?
They are called ganglia.
What part of your body lets our brain know activities inside and outside your body?
Through chemical and electrical impulses.
What are Bundle of nerves that leads to the brain?
The bundle of nerves that connects the brain to the rest of the body is the spinal cord.
Where in the body are peripheral nerves found?
they are located outside the brain and spinal cord, so everywhere else in the body but that
What composed the central nervous system?
The central nervous system is composed of the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord. Efferent nerves travel from the brain, through the spinal cord, to the rest of the body. Afferent nerves travel from the body, back up the spinal cord, and back to the brain.
compare the central and the peripheral nervous system?
The Central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.The brain is the control center for all activities in the body.It is made of billions of neurons. The spinal cord is made up of bundles of neurons.Sensory neurons send impulse to the brain.All the nerves outside CNS ( Central Nervous System) that connects the brain and spinal cord to other body parts are part of the Peripheral nervous system. The Peripheral nervous system includes 12 pairs of nerves from your brain called cranial nerves, and 31 pairs of nerves from your spinal cord called Spinal nerves.
What are the large bundle of nerves caled extending from the brain through the spinal column?
The large bundle of nerves extending from the brain through the spinal column is called the spinal cord. The spinal cord connects the brain to the rest of the body.
What are the major organs in the spinal cavity?
the brain and the spinal cord.
What is a network of spinal nerves called?
nerve plexusesThe spinal nerves emerge from the spinal cord at the brain stem, and between each vertebrae.
