| Central nervous system | Peripheral nervous system |
| 1. It consists of Brain and spinal cord. | 1. It consists of nerves that arise from brain and spinal nerves. |
| 2. Both of them have nerve cells and glial cells. | 2. It has 43 pairs of nerves. Among them 12 pairs are cranial nerves and 31 pairs are spinal nerves. |
| 3. Brain and spinal cord are continuous with each other. | 3. Cranial nerves take their origin from brain and spinal nerves take their origin from spinal cord. |
| 4. Brain and spinal cord receive information. | 4. The cranial nerves carry information to the sense organs and spinal nerves from organs to spinal cord. |
| 5. Central nervous system coordinates all neural functions. | 5. These supply information required for the movement of the muscles. |
