Physiology 2130 Lecture 6: Module 6
8 Dec 2016
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The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (cns) and the peripheral nervous system (pns). The cns is made up of the brain and spinal cord, while the nerves outside the cns that go to muscles and organs are considered part of the pns. We can therefore divide the pns into somatomotor (going to skeletal muscles) and autonomic (going to other organs) nervous systems. We have seen how a basic nerve works, and we have talked about how it communicates with muscles at the neuromuscular junction. In this section, we will look at some of the other types of cells in the cna and some of the sensory systems of the body, and then we will examine how the brain controls muscles for movement. We will begin by looking at the structures of the brain and some of the different cells found in the brain. (recall that we have already looked at a basic nerve cell).
