Intestinal sensory nerves {enteric nervous system} measure distension and toxicity, making people feel full or nauseous [Gershon, 1998].
Brain and spinal cord nerves {central nervous system}| (CNS) connect to peripheral nerves in spine and body. Most CNS motor nerves go to voluntary muscles. Some CNS motor nerves go to glands and smooth muscles and are in autonomic nervous system.
Body nerves {somatic nervous system} {peripheral nervous system}| (PNS) can go to muscles, skin, and mucous membranes, or go to smooth muscles and glands, and are in autonomic nervous system. PNS includes 12 cranial-nerve pairs and 31 spinal-nerve pairs.
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