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Somatic nervous system

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Apart of the peripheral nervous system,

It’s the central nervous system to the skeletal muscles and skin

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Peripheral nervous system

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Connects body sensory receptors to central nervous system,

And then to muscles and glands

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Autonomic nervous system

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Apart of the peripheral nervous system,
Controls involuntary motor responses,
It goes from the sensory to the central nervous system to smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, glands

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Apart of the autonomic nervous system,
It governs responses to emergency situations,
fight or flight scenarios
Shuts down digestive system, increase blood flow to muscles, oxygen transfer increases and heart rate increases

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Linked to autonomic nervous system,

Calms you back down after an emergency response

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Central nervous system

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Is your brain and your spinal cord,

Integrates and co-ordinate body function,

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Limbic system

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Controls your emotions and motivated behaviour

Hunger, reproduction, body temperature, blood sugar levels, blood pressure

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Cerebral cortex

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Complex mental processes,

The outer layer of the cerebrum.

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Thalamus

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Relays sensory information to the cerebral cortex

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Cerebellum

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Learned movements,
Ballet postures, walking etc.
Equilibrium - balance (sorta thing)

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Hypothalamus

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Manages bodies internal state,
Bodies internal equilibrium,
Involved in motivated behaviour - eating, drinking
Regulates activity of the endocrine system

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Brain stem

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Heart, lungs, alertness levels and warning systems.

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Spinal cord

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Pathway for neural fibres travelling to and from the brain

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PON’s

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Are located in the brain stem,

Provides inputs to other structures in the brain stem to cerebellum

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Medulla

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Breathing, blood pressure, heart beat,

Located at the top of the spinal cord

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Reticular formation

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Arouses brain to new stimuli,
Extensive communication to the thalamus,
Regulates biological cycles - waking patterns

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Amygdala

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Generation and expression of emotions,
Reception of emotions,
(Damaging this part, makes the person unable to register others emotions)
Emotional memory - remembers different emotions

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Cerebrum

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Two thirds of total brain mass. Regulates higher cognitive ability and emotions. Contains cerebral cortex and cerebral hemispheres

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Frontal Lobe

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Cognitive activities. Planning, decision making, motor control. Broca’s area is here.

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Broca’s area

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Contained in frontal lobe. Responsible for speech production

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Parietal Lobe

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Behind central sulcus. Sensation of touch, temp, and pain. Contains motor cortex and somatosensory cortex.

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Motor cortex

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Voluntary muscles

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Somatosensory Cortex

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Processes sensory inputs

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Temporal Lobe

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Below lateral fissure and is responsible for hearing and speech processing. Wernickes area.

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Wearnickes Area

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Speech comprehension

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Occipital Lobe

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Back of head. Final destination for visual information. Contains visual and auditory cortex

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Visual Cortex

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Processes visual information.

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Auditory Cortex

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Receives and processes sound

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Hemisphere Lateralisation

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Certain things are done on certain sides. Eg speech on left hemisphere. Left is analytical. Right is holistic.