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CNS or Central Nervous System connects the brain and spinal cord sending messages to and form the brain to the spinal cord.
PNS or Peripheral Nervous System connects the cranial and spinal nerves relaying info to and from.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe CNS sends messages through the conscious part of your brain, so you make a decision about what to do. For example, if you see a piece of cake and you want to eat it, a message travels to your CNS, your Brain makes a decision, and tells you to pick it up. This makes the CNS decision making process slower.
The PNS doesn't involve the conscious part of the brain. sometimes, the messages don't even go to the brain at all. The PNS is used for things such as breathing or running away from danger, where it would take too long to think about it. This makes the PNS faster.
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How do your CNS and PNS work together?
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Are nerves more myelinated or unmyelinated in the CNS?
Nope. They can be found in the PNS as well. The myelinated ones in the CNS are made my Schwann cells. And the ones made in the PNS are made by oligodendrocytes.
Last step of a reflex arc?
PNS delivers motor response from CNS to effectors...
What cells make up the mylin sheath?
There are two cells that are involved in the myelin sheath. One type is found in the central nervous system (CNS) and the other is in the peripheral nervous system (PNS).These are the oligodendrocytes (CNS) and Schwann cells (PNS).
What are the major components of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system?
CNS = central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)PNS = peripheral nervous system (that part of the nervous system that extends outside the central nervous system)
What is the structural difference between the CNS and the PNS?
Myelination is produced in the PNS by Shwann cells, and in the CNS by glial cells called oligodendrocytes.
What is the difference between clusters of cell bodies called nuclei and those know as ganglia?
Nuclie are in the CNS, while ganglia are in the PNS.
Is the brain part of the CNS or the PNS?
part of the CNS
What do CNS and PNS stand for?
cns stands for the central nervous system. PNS stands for the pheriphical nervous system.
What is the difference between the myelin in the cns versus myelin in the pns?
PNSCNSContinue along a single axonCoil around multiple axonsProduced by schwann cellsProduced by oligodendrocytesRegenerativeNon-regenerative
What are the components of PNS?
PNS includes all nervous tissue outside the CNS
How do your CNS and PNS work together?
fuy7juyjy
What do the nerves in the PNS do?
The PNS gathers all outside and foreign information and directs it to the CNS.
What are collections of neurons?
nuclei in the CNS, ganglia in the PNS
Are the interneurons in the PNS?
No. They are present only in CNS.
How do the function of the CNS and the PNS different?
the PNS helps the body while the other one destroysthe body.
Are nerves more myelinated or unmyelinated in the CNS?
Nope. They can be found in the PNS as well. The myelinated ones in the CNS are made my Schwann cells. And the ones made in the PNS are made by oligodendrocytes.
