Which best describes the central and peripheral nervous systems?

ABoth the central and peripheral nervous systems process stimuli information.

BBoth the central and peripheral nervous systems secrete hormones.

CThe central nervous system is made up of all nerve cells, and the peripheral nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord.

DThe central nervous system processes stimuli information the body receives, and the peripheral nervous system senses stimuli and carries out the reaction.

The correct answer would be D. The central nervous system processes stimuli information the body receives, and the peripheral nervous system senses stimuli and carries out the reaction.

Nervous system is made up of highly specialized cells termed as neurons or nerve fibre which are capable of detecting, receiving, and transmitting different kind of stimuli.

It can majorly divide into:

Central nervous system (CNS): It consists of brain and spinal chord which are the information processing and controlling center of the body.

Peripheral nervous system (PNS): It consists of the all the nerves of the body associated with central nervous system. It is composed of two types of nerve fibres: afferent nerves (sense stimuli and carry impulses from tissues to the CNS) and efferent nerves (carry regulatory impulses from CNS to the target tissues).