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Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries signals from receptors in the skin, muscles, bones, and joints?
Which division of the peripheral nervous system carries signals from receptors in the skin, muscles, bones, and joints?
- Visceral motor division
- Visceral sensory division
- Somatic motor division
- Somatic sensory division (correct)
What is a nerve?
What is a nerve?
- A bundle of nerve fibers (axons) wrapped in fibrous connective tissue (correct)
- A knot-like swelling in a nerve where neuron cell bodies are concentrated
- A bundle of sensory signals from various receptors to the CNS
- The brain and spinal cord enclosed in bony coverings
Which part of the nervous system issues commands to muscles and gland cells to carry out a response?
Which part of the nervous system issues commands to muscles and gland cells to carry out a response?
- Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
- Brain and spinal cord (correct)
- Central nervous system (CNS)
- Neuroglia
What does the motor (efferent) division of the PNS carry signals to?
What does the motor (efferent) division of the PNS carry signals to?
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What are the two major anatomical subdivisions of the nervous system?
What are the two major anatomical subdivisions of the nervous system?
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