Biopsych Flashcards
1
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Define ‘Nervous system’
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- A specialised network of cells in the human body
- Primary internal communication system
Collects and processes information from the environment
-Coordinates all organs and cells
2
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What are the two main components in the Nervous system?
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- Central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
3
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Define ‘Central Nervous system’
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The origin of all complex demands and descions
4
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What are the 2 main parts of the CNS?
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- Brain
- Spinal cord
5
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Where is the cerebral cortex?
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Outer layer of the brain
6
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What is the spinal cord?
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- An extension of the brain, that is responsible for all reflex actions
7
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Define ‘peripheral nervous system’
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- The system that sends information to the CNS from the outside world.
- Transmits messages from CNS to muscles and glands
8
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What are the 2 main components of the PNS?
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- Somatic
- Autonomic
9
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Define ‘somatic nervous system’
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- Transmits information from the receptor cells in sense organs to the CNS
- Recieves information from CNS and then directs muscles
10
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Define ‘autonomic nervous system’
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- Transmits info to and from the internal bodily organs
- Involuntarily
11
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What are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system?
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- Sympathetic
- Parasympathetic
12
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What are the jobs of the sympathetic nervous system?
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- Calm and restore
- Rest and Digest
13
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Whats the job of the sympathetic nervous system?
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- Relays the emergency response
14
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Define ‘endocrine system’
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- One of the bodies major information systems that instructs glands to release hormones directly to the blood stream
- They are carried towards target organs in the body
15
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Define ‘gland’
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- An organs in the body that synthesises substances like hormones/
