Brain Flashcards
Name the function of nervous system
Sensory imput
Integrating information
Controlling muscles
Maintaining homeostasis
Mental activity
What type receives information
Afferent
What type sends out actions
Efferent
Group of neurons
Nerve
What are the 2 divisions of nervous system
CNS
PNS
Group of cell body’s
Ganglia
PNS controls/ parts
All other nerves than brain and spinal cord
CNS controls/parts
Brain and spinal cord
Independent network of neurons that control something
Pexious
Section Giving information to brain
Sensory
Section taking orders from brain
Motor
Balance coordination section
Kinesthetic
Pain / gut feeling section
Visceral
Mostly voluntary skeletal muscle mover
Somatic
Involuntary muscle and smooth muscle
Autonomic
ANS fight or flight/ heart rate faster
Sympathetic
ANS heart rate slower
Parasympathetic
ANS controls digestion
Enteric
Number of layers of CNS
3 layers
Covering over the brain and spinal cord
Meninges
Attached layer inside of the skull
Dura Mater
Folds in the dura mater that hold the brain in place
Rural folds
Space between vertebrae duramater
Epidural space
Blood vessels that look like spiderwebs
Arachnoid