What are the two main branches of the nervous system?
The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
What does the central nervous system consist of?
The brain and the spinal cord.
What does the peripheral nervous system (PNS) consist of?
Sensory neurons and motor neurons.
What does PNS stand for?
Peripheral Nervous System.
What do your motor neurons work with?
Your somatic and autonomic nervous system.
What does the autonomic nervous system consist of?
Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
What is the sympathetic division?
Fight or flight.
What is the parasympathetic division?
Rest and digest.
When the sympathetic division is activates, what does your body do?
Produces adrenaline and shuts down its digestive system to focus more energy into escaping the situation.
What does ANS stand for?
Autonomic Nervous System.