Animal Responses(Brain + Muscles) - Module 5 Flashcards
Frontal Lobe
Frontal Lobe – concerned with higher brain functions such as decision making, reasoning, planning and consciousness of emotions. It includes the motor cortex which stores information about how to carry out different movements.
Parietal lobe
Parietal lobe – concerned with orientation, movement, sensation, calculation and types of recognition and memory.
Occipital lobe
. Occipital lobe – Visual cortex, concerned with processing information from the eyes including vision, colour, shape and perspecive.
Cerebellum –
coordinates muscular movement
balance + Posture
Temporal Lobe
Temporal Lobe – concerned with processing auditory information i.e. Hearing, sound, recognition of speech. Also involved in memory.
Cerebrum
2 hemispheres
-Controls voluntary action
-personality
-learning
-memory
-conscious thoughts
Coordinated Movement - cerebellum
Fine control of muscular movements e.g. walking, requires significant level of nonconscious operation.
Neurones from cerebellum carry impulses to motor areas so effectors can be adjusted appropriately – autopilot.
Hypothalamus
monitors our internal environment via hormones and or nervous impulse
Monitoring composition of blood plasma (concentration of water and blood glucose)
Main control of the autonomic nervous system (functions of organs etc.)
control endocrine glands.
Two centres – parasympathetic and sympathetic
Controls complex patterns of behaviour (feeding, sleeping, aggression) depending on environment
Producing hormones
Medulla Oblongata
AUTONOMIC CONTROL
Controls action of smooth muscle in gut wall and controls breathing movements as well as heart rate.
Controls reflex activities (ventilation, heart rate)
Controls swallowing, peristalsis and coughing
Pituitary Gland
Found at the Base of the hypothalamus. t controls most of glands in body. Divided into two sections:
Anterior pituitary (front section) -
Posterior pituitary (back section) -
Anterior pituitary
(front section)- produces six hormones including follicle – stimulating hormone (FSH), which is involved in reproduction and growth hormones
Posterior pituitary
(back section) - stores and releases hormones produced by hypothalamus, such as ADH involved in urine production
CNS
brain and spinal chord
relay neurones
Peripheral nervous system
3 components
everything other than CNS
-receptors
-sensory neurones
-Motor Nuerones
Sensory neurones
from receptors
Motor neurones
to effector
Somatic motor neurone
CNS to skeletal muscle – (conscious control, voluntary) (myelinated)
Autonomic motor neurone
Autonomic motor neurone (CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle in gut and glands – not under voluntary control)
(2 types sympathetic and parasympathetic) (non-myelinated)
Peripheral nervous system splits into …
– two different systems: somatic and autonomic nervous systems
Somatic nervous system
– controls conscious activities
Autonomic nervous system
controls unconscious activities.
Split up in to sympathetic and parasympathetic systems (have opposite effects)
Sympathetic nervous system
Increases activity
“fight or flight” system, releases noradrenaline
Parasympathetic nervous system
Reduces activity
“rest and digest” system,
releases Acetylcholine
What does high conc. of CO2 do to pH
why
= increase in carbonic acid = increase H ions = Decrease pH
The heart rate changes depending on ..
Blood pressure, pH of Blood, Stress response
what is blood pressure detected by
what do they do in response to this
Blood pressure is detected by baroreceptors
Baroreceptors send nerve impulses along sensory neurones to the cardioregulatory centres in the medulla oblongata.
Where are Baroreceptors and chemoreceptors found
in the aorta and carotid artery.
If BP is too low the cardiovascular centre sends impulses…
Neurones secrete …
If BP is too low the cardiovascular centre sends nerve impulses along the sympathetic neurones to the SAN to increase heart rate.
Neurones secrete noradrenaline which binds to receptors on SAN.
High blood pH (high O2, low CO2)
Chemoreceptors detect changes and send impulses along sensory neurones to cardiovascular centre.
Impulse sent along parasympathetic neurones.
These secrete acetylcholine which bind receptors on SAN.
Decreases heart rate.
Low blood pH (low O2, high CO2)
Chemoreceptors detect changes and send impulses along sensory neurones to cardiovascular centre.
Impulse sent along sympathetic neurones.
These secrete noradrenaline which bind receptors on SAN.
Increases heart rate.
the medulla oblongata splits into which two cardioregulatory centres
cardiostimulatory centre
Cardioinhibitory centre
If pH is too high or Blood pressure is too high, how is the heart rate controlled
Chemo or baroreceptors detect these changes.
send impulse to Medulla Oblongata
to cardioinhibitory centre.
Cardioinhibitory centre triggered to send impulse along Vagus nerve. Releases acetylcholine. bind to SAN which reduces heart rate
If pH is too low or Blood pressure is too low, how is the heart rate controlled
Chemo or baroreceptors detect these changes.
send impulse to Medulla Oblongata
to cardiostimulatory centre.
Cardiostimulatory centre triggered to send impulse along accelerator nerve to SAN which increases heart rate
How do hormonmes controll the heart rate
Adrenal medulla releases Adrenaline and Noradrenaline which bind directly to SAN and to increase frequency of signals released
Sarcoplasm
Sarcoplasm- A muscle cell’s cytoplasm. Lots of mitochondria are found within the sarcoplasm
Sarcolemma
Sarcolemma- cell membrane of muscle fibres.
Transverse (T) tubules
Transverse (T) tubules- Folds in the sarcolemma that stick into the sarcoplasm. Help to spread electrical impulses throughout sarcoplasm