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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.

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What are the spinal and cranial nerves ganglia?

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) original answer by btbchris


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.


Small groups of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?

Peripheral nerves.


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


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 cranial and spinal nerves form what nervous system?

the peripheral 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 nerves are not apart of the central nervous system?

There are only two nervous systems, Central and Peripheral. So Peripheral is your answer


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, nerves are found in both the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS), which includes all nerves outside of the CNS that extend throughout the body.


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.


In the peripheral nervous system communication occurs along these?

Nerves