What’s on the Divisions of the Nervous System poster
A 6-row table: Division · Contains · Controls.
Each division nested inside the one above.
- Central — Brain, spinal cord — Processing
- Peripheral — All other nerves — Transmission
- Somatic — Sensory and motor nerves — Voluntary movement
- Autonomic — Internal regulation — Automatic function
- Sympathetic — Part of autonomic — Fight or flight
- Parasympathetic — Part of autonomic — Rest and digest
The two autonomic branches are usually antagonistic: sympathetic raises heart rate, parasympathetic lowers it.
Questions about the Divisions of the Nervous System poster
- What’s on the Divisions of the Nervous System poster?
- A 6-row table: Division · Contains · Controls. Each division nested inside the one above. Central — Brain, spinal cord — Processing; Peripheral — All other nerves — Transmission; Somatic — Sensory and motor nerves — Voluntary movement; Autonomic — Internal regulation — Automatic function; Sympathetic — Part of autonomic — Fight or flight; Parasympathetic — Part of autonomic — Rest and digest. The two autonomic branches are usually antagonistic: sympathetic raises heart rate, parasympathetic lowers it.
- Who is the Divisions of the Nervous System poster for?
- Divisions of the Nervous System belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning biological can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Divisions of the Nervous System poster?
- Two branches, then two more inside one of them. The naming is worse than the structure. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Divisions of the Nervous System belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Divisions of the Nervous System?
- Biological Rhythms, Brain Imaging and Brain Structures sit alongside Divisions of the Nervous System in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Biological RhythmsBrain ImagingBrain Structures
- Is the Divisions of the Nervous System poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Divisions of the Nervous System downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Divisions of the Nervous System poster print at?
- Divisions of the Nervous System is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Divisions of the Nervous System loses nothing.Printing guide
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