In the peripheral nervous system, the somatic nervous system picks up a sensation, for example touching an extremely hot surface, and sends the information through sensory neurons, passing from neuron to neuron, until it reached the central nervous system. The central nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord, acts as a “control center” of sorts and processes the information from the sensory neuron through cranial and spinal nerves and through a process called integration. In our example it receives the information that the surface is hot and will conduct an appropriate response, to yank your hand back form the hot surface. Now that the information has been integrated the nervous system will give feedback as a motor response and activate effectors that will contract the correct skeletal muscles to remove your hand from the hot
In the peripheral nervous system, the somatic nervous system picks up a sensation, for example touching an extremely hot surface, and sends the information through sensory neurons, passing from neuron to neuron, until it reached the central nervous system. The central nervous system, consisting of the brain and spinal cord, acts as a “control center” of sorts and processes the information from the sensory neuron through cranial and spinal nerves and through a process called integration. In our example it receives the information that the surface is hot and will conduct an appropriate response, to yank your hand back form the hot surface. Now that the information has been integrated the nervous system will give feedback as a motor response and activate effectors that will contract the correct skeletal muscles to remove your hand from the hot