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