The vertebrate nervous system

This part of the vertebrate nervous system is often called the second brain because it can function independently, its neurons are organized in microcircuits that contain afferent neurons that respond to local stimuli to integrate information and coordinate motor output, and has its own glial support cells.

a. somatic nervous system

b. enteric nervous system

c. autonomic nervous system

d. efferent division

e. sympathetic nervous system