Biological psychology Flashcards

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What are the two nervous systems?

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Central nervous system
Peripheral nervous system

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What is the central nervous system?

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Includes the brain and spinal cord- brain controls how you think, learn, feel and move. Spinal cord carries messages back and forth between the brain and the nerves that run throughout the body

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What is the peripheral nervous system?

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A network of nerves that runs throughout the head, neck, and body.
It is both somatic and Autonomic

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Somatic?

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