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Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System (CNS & PNS)
What are the two main subdivisions of the human Nervous System?
Autonomic and Somatic
What are the two main subdivisions of the human Peripheral Nervous System?
Brain and Spinal Cord
What two things comprise the human Central Nervous System?
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
What are the two main subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System?
To arouse the body and prepare it for activity (ie to fight or flee)
What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?
To calm the body and prepare it for restoration of energy
What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?
Connects central systems to voluntary muscles
What is the role of the somatic nervous system?
PNS
Are cranial nerves part of the CNS or PNS?
To form a protective sheath around the nervous system.
What is the function of the meninges?
3
How many layers in the meninges of the CNS?
2
How many layers in the meninges of the PNS?
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater and Pia mater.
What are the layers of the meninges in the CNS called?
Dura mater and Pia mater. They are fused together.
What are the layers of the meninges in the PNS called?
It means 'tough mother' and it forms the outer layer of the meninges.
What does 'Dura mater' mean and what layer of the meninges is it?
CORRECT ANSWERS
Central Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System (CNS & PNS)
What are the two main subdivisions of the human Nervous System?
Autonomic and Somatic
What are the two main subdivisions of the human Peripheral Nervous System?
Brain and Spinal Cord
What two things comprise the human Central Nervous System?
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
What are the two main subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System?
To arouse the body and prepare it for activity (ie to fight or flee)
What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?
To calm the body and prepare it for restoration of energy
What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?
Connects central systems to voluntary muscles
What is the role of the somatic nervous system?
PNS
Are cranial nerves part of the CNS or PNS?
To form a protective sheath around the nervous system.
What is the function of the meninges?
3
How many layers in the meninges of the CNS?
2
How many layers in the meninges of the PNS?
Dura mater, Arachnoid mater and Pia mater.
What are the layers of the meninges in the CNS called?
Dura mater and Pia mater. They are fused together.
What are the layers of the meninges in the PNS called?
It means 'tough mother' and it forms the outer layer of the meninges.
What does 'Dura mater' mean and what layer of the meninges is it?
