Biopsychology - Ednocrine and nervous system Flashcards
The nervous system is broken into 2 sections
CNS
PNS
what is within the CNS
The brain and the spinal cord
What is within the PNS
Somatic and automatic
What are the subsection under the autonomic
Sympathetic and parasympathetic
The brain is the center for all c_____ a_____
Conscious awareness
What is the name of the outer layer of the brain
Cerebral cortex
The spine is responsible for r—- A____
Reflex actions
What is the somatic responsible for?
Gover’s muscle movement and receive info from the sensory receptors
What is the autonomic responsible for?
Governs vital functions in the brain. Like breathing and the heart beat
The endocrine system includes g____ and H______ and works alongside the what?
Glands and hormones
The nervous system
Glands produce _______
E.g the thyroid gland produces _______
Hormones
Thyroxine
What are the effects from the thyroxine?
Increases the heart rate
Increases metabolic rates
Increases growth rates
Name some of the glands?
- Hypothalamus
- Pituitary
- Thyroid
- Adrenals
- Pancreas
- Ovaries
- Testicles
Where is the Pituitary Glands ? And what does it control
In the brain
Controls the release of other crimes
Can hormones affect more than one hormone
YES
What is the fight or flight response
Our bodies response to a stressful event - where the endocrine and nervous system work together
1 step of the f&f response
The stress activates the pituitary gland in the brain
2nd step F&F (Nervous)
The sympathetic branch of the anutonomic nervous system - changes from the parasympathetic to the sympathetic (aroused).
3rd step of the F&F response
Adrenaline is released that from the adrenal medulla into the bloodstream
The adrenaline increases the heart rate = physiological arousal `
Explain the process of the body goes back into the resting state?
Works the opposite way (antagonistic branch ) is referred to as the rest and digest response
