The document summarizes the nervous systems found across different phyla, from primitive to advanced. It describes:
- Protozoans lack a nervous system and function with single cell receptors and effectors. Poriferans also lack neurons or sensory cells.
- Cnidarians have a diffuse nerve net made of sensory, intermediate, and motor neurons connected by synapses that carry impulses bidirectionally.
- Platyhelminths have a primitive centralized nervous system of two cerebral ganglia connected by a ladder-like nerve cord.
- Annelids have a well-developed centralized nervous system consisting of a nerve ring, ventral nerve cord, and peripheral and sympathetic components.