The Peripheral Nervous System Has Four Divisions: Two That Carry

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Multiple Choice

The peripheral nervous system has four divisions: two that carry information from the periphery to the central nervous system and two that carry information from the central nervous system out to the periphery.Which of the following statements about these divisions is false?

• A) Afferent information can be both conscious and unconscious.
• B) Efferent information can be both voluntary and involuntary.
• C) The involuntary division is also called the autonomic division.
• D) Conscious afferents carry information from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles.
• E) We are usually unconscious of the information involved in physiological regulation.

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