PNS PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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PNS PERIPHERAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Pages 433-4351. VOLUNTARY PNS2. INVOLUNTARY PNS
Voluntary PNSmade up of voluntary
SOMATIC nerves- a.k.a. voluntary SENSORY & MOTOR neurons
under CONSCIOUS control
how you relate with the EXTERNAL environment
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”
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