Nervous System graphic organiser A3

This is a printable or pdf-annotatable resource to use as a teaching tool or revision tool on the Nervous System.

Key terms listed:
PNS (peripheral nervous system), CNS (central nervous system), axon, brain, motor neuron, effector, sensory neuron, receptor, autonomic, somatic, sympathetic, parasympathetic.

Includes diagrams of: CNS/PNS, brain, axon, synapse.

Victorian curriculum links:
Multicellular organisms rely on coordinated and interdependent internal systems to respond to changes to their environment (VCSSU117)
An animal’s response to a stimulus is coordinated by its central nervous system (brain and spinal cord); neurons transmit electrical impulses and are connected by synapses (VCSSU118)