PNS PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

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PNS PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Pages 433-435 1. VOLUNTARY PNS 2. INVOLUNTARY PNS

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PNS PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Pages 433-435 VOLUNTARY PNS INVOLUNTARY PNS. Voluntary PNS. made up of voluntary SOMATIC nerves - a.k.a. voluntary SENSORY & MOTOR neurons under CONSCIOUS control how you relate with the EXTERNAL environment. Involuntary PNS. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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PNS PERIPHERAL

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Pages 433-4351. VOLUNTARY PNS2. INVOLUNTARY PNS

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Voluntary PNSmade up of voluntary

SOMATIC nerves- a.k.a. voluntary SENSORY & MOTOR neurons

under CONSCIOUS control

how you relate with the EXTERNAL environment

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Involuntary PNS also called the Autonomic Nervous System

(the ANS) made up of autonomic (“automatic”)

nerves to your internal glands & organs (heart, lung, liver, etc.)

Unconcious divided into the:

1. SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM=stress system! “fight or flight”!=adrenaline!

2. PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM=think PARAmedic keeping you normal / at homeostasis=“rest & digest”

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PNS: SENSORY RECEPTORS

highly modified structures on the dendrites of sensory neurons

Examples skin receptors: pain, temp., pressure, etc.

(see handout) nose (called olfactory receptors) tongue (“tastebuds”) *eyes: photoreceptors *ears: hearing & balance receptors