peripheral nerves
Body's wiring branches
Peripheral nerves are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, branching throughout the body to carry signals between the central nervous system and limbs, organs, and skin.
They control movement and sensation: The surgeon was careful to avoid the peripheral nerves.
Damage causes numbness, tingling, or weakness—conditions called peripheral neuropathy.
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
- nervesTense apprehension
- fasciclesSeparately issued book sections
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- skeletal musclesVoluntary movement tissue
sensory neurons · motor function · ganglia · fight or flight · dermatomes · neurons · proprioceptors · myelin sheath · voluntary movement · mechanoreceptors · pain receptors · motor · numbness · pins and needles · ulnar · impulses · damage · shooting
anatomical location in nervous system
peripheral nervescentral nervous system
Brain plus spinal cord
CNS · brain · spinal cord · brainstem · cerebrum