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Central Nervous System Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 main parts of the nervous system

A

Central nervous system - brain and spinal cord

Peripheral nervous system - connects everything to brain and spinal cord

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What is the central nervous system made up of?

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Brain and spinal cord - Crainial nerves & spinal nerves

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What is the pheripheral system?

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Consists of all nerves outside brain and spinal cord

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4
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Mixed nerves within the spinal cord are

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Sensory and motor nerves

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5
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What are the different types of neurone?

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Muscle
Sense

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6
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Motor neurone split into 2 nervous systems called

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Somatic nervous system
&
Autonomic nervous system

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7
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What is the somatic nervous system

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Voluntary movements via skeletal muscle

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8
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What is the autonomic nervous system?

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Organs, smooth muscles

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9
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What is the brain responsible for?

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Thinking
Memory
Emotion

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10
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Corpus callosum

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Connects the brains right and left hemispheres

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Cerebral cortex functions

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Higher level processes of the brain
Intelligence
Recognising sounds and images
Memory

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12
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Cerebellum

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Important for coordination
Precision and timing of movement

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13
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Brain stem

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Regulates heart rate
Breathing sleep cycles
Emotions

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Brain meninges (layers to protect the brain)

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Dura mater

Arachnoid mater

Pia matter (helps contain cerebrospinal fluid)

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15
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Brain and 5 parts

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Midbrain

Pons

Medulla

Cerebellum

Cerebrum

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16
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Cerebrum

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Memory
Thinking
Intelligence

17
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Midbrain

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Between the cerebrum and above the pons

18
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Pons

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Situated in-front of cerebellum below midbrain and above medulla

19
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Medulla

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Lies just above the foramen magnum and attaches to the spinal cord

20
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Cerebellum

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Situated behind the pons
Concerned with voluntary muscular movement and balance

21
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Spinal cord

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Link between the brain and organs
Conveys impulse to and from the brain

22
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White matter

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arranged in columns

23
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Grey matter

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Resembles H-shape

24
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Motor neurone

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Sends signals to your muscles to tell them to move

25
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Sensory neurone

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Sends signals from your sense organs

26
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Relay neurone

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Connects neurones to other neurones

27
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What is the point where the process from one of these cells contacts the process of another

A

A synapse

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