SOME TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE COMPONENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Criteria

Terms

   

Location

CNS; PNS (includes ANS)

Embryology

Somatic; Visceral

Direction of information travel relative to CNS

 

Afferent (Sensory); Efferent (Motor)

Function

Effector; Integrator; Receptor;

Position relative to pharyngeal pouches

 

Posttrematic; Pretrematic

Position relative to cranium

Cranial nerves; Spinal nerves

Functional divisions of ANS

Parasympathetic; Sympathetic