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Biopsychology - Ednocrine and nervous system Flashcards

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1
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The nervous system is broken into 2 sections

A

CNS

PNS

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what is within the CNS

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The brain and the spinal cord

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What is within the PNS

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Somatic and automatic

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What are the subsection under the autonomic

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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The brain is the center for all c_____ a_____

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Conscious awareness

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What is the name of the outer layer of the brain

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Cerebral cortex

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The spine is responsible for r—- A____

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Reflex actions

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What is the somatic responsible for?

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Gover’s muscle movement and receive info from the sensory receptors

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What is the autonomic responsible for?

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Governs vital functions in the brain. Like breathing and the heart beat

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The endocrine system includes g____ and H______ and works alongside the what?

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Glands and hormones

The nervous system

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Glands produce _______

E.g the thyroid gland produces _______

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Hormones

Thyroxine

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What are the effects from the thyroxine?

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Increases the heart rate

Increases metabolic rates

Increases growth rates

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13
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Name some of the glands?

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  • Hypothalamus
  • Pituitary
  • Thyroid
  • Adrenals
  • Pancreas
  • Ovaries
  • Testicles
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Where is the Pituitary Glands ? And what does it control

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In the brain

Controls the release of other crimes

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Can hormones affect more than one hormone

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YES

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What is the fight or flight response

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Our bodies response to a stressful event - where the endocrine and nervous system work together

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1 step of the f&f response

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The stress activates the pituitary gland in the brain

18
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2nd step F&F (Nervous)

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The sympathetic branch of the anutonomic nervous system - changes from the parasympathetic to the sympathetic (aroused).

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3rd step of the F&F response

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Adrenaline is released that from the adrenal medulla into the bloodstream

The adrenaline increases the heart rate = physiological arousal `

20
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Explain the process of the body goes back into the resting state?

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Works the opposite way (antagonistic branch ) is referred to as the rest and digest response

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