ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

BRAIN

SPINAL CORD

CENTRAL

NERVOUS

SYSTEM (CNS)

PERIPHERAL

NERVOUS

SYSTEM

AFFERENT

NERVES

EFFERENT

NERVES

EXTERO-

RECEPTORS

INTERO-

RECEPTORS

SOMATIC

AUTONOMIC

EFFECTOR

ORGANS

SKELETAL

MUSCLES

SMOOTH AND

CARDIAC MUSCLES

AND GLANDS

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This slide is worth memorizing as it gives an overview of how the nervous system is organized.