PSYC 100 Chapter Online Lesson: W5 Online

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Most psychologists would agree ultimately, the nervous system (of which the brain is a controls all behaviour and mental processes. Therefore, psychologists want to understan brain"s structure and functions. The nervous system is actually a combination of several subsystems. Neuroscientists thin the nervous system as a system of twos . The nervous system: central nervous system (cns) - the cns includes the brain and spinal cord. The cns includes the brain and the spinal cord. The pns includes nerves from the spinal cord and from the sensory organs of the head, w n is a part) stand the think of ich mands in d, which. The pns is divided into skeletal and autonomic portions. The skeletal portion controls the various muscles (e. g. , your leg muscles), relaying motor commands from the brain. The autonomic nervous system (ans) controls involuntary muscles (e. g. , heart and diaphragm) and many internal organs (e. g. , the viscera).