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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
Efferent System
Conveys information
from
receptors to the CNS
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