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Organisation of the
Nervous System

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Organisation of the Nervous System

The nervous system is organised in the following manner:


Central Nervous System

 

Brain

 

Spinal Cord

 

Afferent System

Conveys information from
receptors to the CNS

 

Efferent System

Conveys information from
the CNS to muscles and glands

 

 

Somatic Nervous System

Conveys information from
the CNS to skeletal muscles

Autonomic Nervous System

Conveys information from
the CNS to smooth muscle,
cardiac muscle and glands

 

 

 

Sypathetic Nervous System

 

Parasympathetic Nervous System