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    The sensory nervous system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information. A sensory system consists of sensory neurons...
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    (sensory, motor, mixed). The somatic nervous system's principal goal is to facilitate the organs and striated muscles of the central nervous system so...
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    The peripheral nervous system can be divided into the somatic nervous system and the visceral nervous system. Each of these have a sensory and a motor division...
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    axons (nerve fibers) of sensory neurons that carry sensory information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system. Many afferent projections...
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  • fibers in a sensory nerve carry sensory information toward the central nervous system (CNS) from different sensory receptors of sensory neurons in the...
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    The autonomic nervous system (ANS), formerly referred to as the vegetative nervous system, is a division of the nervous system that operates internal organs...
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    In biology, the nervous system is the highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to...
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    polyneuropathy that affects the non-voluntary, non-sensory nervous system (i.e., the autonomic nervous system), affecting mostly the internal organs such as...
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    pressure, hot and cold, body position and pain. It is a subset of the sensory nervous system, which also includes the visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory...
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  • Sense (redirect from Sensory organ)
    thermoreceptors) in sensory organs transduct sensory information from these organs towards the central nervous system, finally arriving at the sensory cortices in...
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  • nervous system in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The nervous system is a highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information...
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    parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the sympathetic nervous system and the enteric...
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    Sensory neurons, also known as afferent neurons, are neurons in the nervous system, that convert a specific type of stimulus, via their receptors, into...
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    Functions of the nervous system are sensory input, integration, control of muscles and glands, homeostasis, and mental activity. Nervous tissue is composed...
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  • interfaces, neurorehabilitation and the development of devices for the sensory nervous system such as the use of auditory implants, retinal implants, and electronic...
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  • autonomic nervous system that affects the development and survival of sensory, sympathetic, and some parasympathetic neurons in the autonomic and sensory nervous...
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    The enteric nervous system (ENS) or intrinsic nervous system is one of the three main divisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the other being...
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    Autonomic neuropathy (category Peripheral nervous system disorders)
    polyneuropathy that affects the non-voluntary, non-sensory nervous system (i.e., the autonomic nervous system), affecting mostly the internal organs such as...
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    (PNS) – nervous system structures that do not lie within the CNS. A sensory system is a part of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information...
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  • in the cells of the nervous system, including nerve cells that transmit the sensations of pain, temperature, and touch (sensory neurons). The mutations...
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    sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the parasympathetic nervous system and the...
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  • it's probable that nervous systems employ the use of internal models and efference copies. Prior to movement, an animal's current sensory state is used to...
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    afferents. In the peripheral nervous system, afferents refer to the axons that relay sensory information into the central nervous system (i.e. the brain and the...
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  • The evolution of nervous systems dates back to the first development of nervous systems in animals (or metazoans). Neurons developed as specialized electrical...
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    Sciatic nerve – Scrotum – Sebaceous gland – Seminal vesicle – Sensory nervous systemSensory processing – Serratus anterior muscle – Serratus posterior...
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  • Mechanoreceptor (category Sensory systems)
    myelinated, they can rapidly transmit sensory information regarding joint positions to the central nervous system. Type I: (small) Low threshold, slow...
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    body to keep moving properly and with finesse, the nervous system has to have a constant input of sensory data coming from areas such as the muscles and joints...
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  • bodies and other conditions. Sensory nervous system Spatial memory Visual agnosia Visual spatial attention Visual system Dickerson Bradford; Alireza Atri...
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  • Nociception (category Sensory systems)
    (/ˌnəʊsɪˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/), also nocioception; from Latin nocere 'to harm/hurt') is the sensory nervous system's process of encoding noxious stimuli. It deals with a series of...
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  • the receptors in the joints and ligaments often calms the nervous system. Reducing sensory input such as eliminating distressing sounds and lowering the...
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