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Biopsychology - 1) The Nervous System Flashcards

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1
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What is the nervous system?

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A complex network of nerve cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal chord to different parts of the body

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What does the nervous system help to do?

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Coordinate different organs and cells in the body

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How is the nervous system divided?

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Into the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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What does the CNS consist of?

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The brain and spinal chord

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What takes place in the CNS?

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Complex processing of information and decision making

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What does the peripheral nervous system do?

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  1. Brings information from senses to the CNS.
  2. Then transmits information from CNS to muscles and glands
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Why do we have more abilities than any other animal?

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Because the cortex of our brain is more developed in humans

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What is the brain the centre of?

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Awareness

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What is the brain divided into?

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Two hemispheres

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What is the spinal chord an extension of?

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The brain

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What does the spinal chord transport?

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Messages to and from the brain to the PNS

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What is the spinal chord responsible for?

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Reflexes

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What are the two main functions of the CNS?

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Control of behaviour
Regulation of body’s physiological processes

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Where does the brain receive information from?

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Sensory receptors

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Where does the brain send messages to?

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Muscle glands in the body

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Example of how the brain works

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  1. It gets a message from your eyes to say the sun is bright
  2. It coordinates your arms and hands to put on sunglasses
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What does the peripheral nervous system consist of?

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All other nerves which are not part of CNS

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Where does the peripheral nervous system reach out to?

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Other parts of the body all the way down to the tips of your toes as well as internal organs

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What does the peripheral nervous system relay?

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Information via nerve impulses from the rest of the body to the CNS

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What is the peripheral nervous system further divided into?

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Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system

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What do peripheral nerves surround?

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All the organs, muscles and tissues

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What do outside nerves do?

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Receive messages from the brain and control the heartbeat, blood pressure, breathing and all of the bodily functions

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SNS

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Somatic nervous system

24
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What does the somatic nervous system connect?

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Connects external sensory organs through the brain to the muscles

25
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What does the somatic nervous system control?

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Skeletal muscles and movement

26
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How is the somatic nervous system voluntary?

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It’s under conscious control

27
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What does the somatic nervous system receive information from?

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Senses and transits it to CNS

28
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What pathways does the somatic nervous system have?

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Sensory and motor pathways

29
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ANS

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Autonomic nervous system

30
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What is the autonomic nervous system responsible for?

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Vital functions (e.g. heartbeat, breathing and digestion)

31
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What does the autonomic nervous system transmit information to and from?

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Internal organs

32
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How is the autonomic nervous system involuntary?

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It’s operated automatically

33
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What does the autonomic nervous system control?

A

Smooth muscles and glands

34
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What does the autonomic nervous system generally form?

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Supporting tissue of blood vessels and hollow internal organs

35
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Where are the controls of the autonomic nervous system?

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In the brain stem

36
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What sections is the autonomic nervous system divided into?

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Sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous symptom

37
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What does the sympathetic nervous system get us ready for?

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Emergencies (involved in fight or flight response)

38
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What does the parasympathetic nervous system restore?

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Natural order, relaxing us after an emergency

39
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What does the fight or flight response help us deal with?

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Short term problems by fighting or fleeing

40
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What does the amygdala send to the hypothalamus during the fight or flight response?

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Hypothalamus which recognises the stress is small so it activates the SAM

41
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What does the amygdala associate sensory signals with?

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Emotions associated with fight or flight

42
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What are sensory signals?

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What we see, hear or smell

43
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What puts us into the fight or flight response?

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Release of adrenaline

44
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Where is adrenaline released from?

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Adrenal medulla in stressful situations

45
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What does the release of adrenaline trigger?

A

Sympathetic activity

46
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What does sympathetic activity increase?

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Heart rate which increases blood flow and blood pressure which increases blood to brain and skeletal muscles for physical response

47
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What physically happens during the release of adrenaline?

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Digestion is stopped, saliva inhibited and pupils dilate

48
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What does adrenaline prepare body for?

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Fight or flight

49
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What does adrenaline do once threat it over?

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Adrenaline levels return to normal

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