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The nervous system is divided into two major parts called the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS).

The peripheral nervous system is broken down into the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system.

Scientists further divide the autonomic nervous system into the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system.

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