Peripheral Nerves

• Sends signals to and from the CNS
• from sensory structures
• to muscles
  • walking
  • talking
  • swallowing
  • digesting
• relaying messages back and forth

As opposed to:

Central Nerves, The Central Nervous System - CNS

• Brain
• Spinal Column
• Processes signals as in
  • Walking, balance
  • Talking, body and facial gestures
  • Seeing, looking in direction of sound
• inside the CNS, thinking, responding

Symtoms:

• Pain, tingling
• Dizziness
• Loss of balance
• Loss of function
• Difficulties with walking
• Numbness and weakness

Causes:

• Injury
• Trauma
• Surgery
• Radiation Therapy