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CH. 2 Flashcards

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1
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receives information; gathers and perceives information

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nervous system

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sensory, therefore into

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afferent

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motor (movement), therefore out

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efferent

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peripheral nervous system parts

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somatic, enteric, and autonomic

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sense comes in, motor out (movement)

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somatic

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regulates digestions and digestive organs; brain of gut b/c it operates on its own

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enteric

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made up of sympathetic and parasympathetic pns

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autonomic

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fight or flight

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sympathetic

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rest and digest

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parasympathetic

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toughest layer, collagen; outermost

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dura mater

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inside dura; delicates and shaped like spiderweb

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arachnoid

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rests on brain; innermost

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pia mater

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has CSF inside space; meninge

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subarachnoid space

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outermost cortex; gray matter

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neocortex

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motor control; emotional reasoning

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frontal lobe

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sensory integration (i.e. touch, temp., pain)

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parietal lobe

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visual integration, recognizing faces, taste, memory

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temporal lobe

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visual function (eyes)

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occipital

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respond to changing environment; adapt to damage

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neuroplasticity

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cell bodies

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gray matter

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myelinated sheaths

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white matter

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connects 2 hemispheres; communication b/w hemispheres

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corpus callosum

23
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olfactory, hippocampus, amygdala, and cingulate cortex are all in ___

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allocortex

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detects odors, lies at base of forebrain

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olfactory (smell)

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resembles seahorse; consolidation meaning turning short term memory into long term memory

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hippocampus

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allows for anxiety or fear

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amygdala

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emotion formation, linking behavior to motivation

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cingulate cortex

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controls movement (voluntary and involuntary) and coordination; located in brain

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basil ganglia

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tremors, muscle rigidity (basil ganglia)

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Parkinson’s disease

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random outbursts (basil ganglia)

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tourette syndrome

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begins where spinal cord enter skull

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brainstem

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3 regions of brain

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hindbrain, midbrain, and diencephalon (integration)

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oldest part of brain; has cerebellum, and regulates breathing, bp, and sleep-wake cycles

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hindbrain

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receive sensory information from eyes and ears; orienting movements, eye and limb movements

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midbrain

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b/w brain; has thalamus and hypothalamus

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diencephalon

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relay station in brian

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thalamus

37
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produce hormones and behaviors

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hypothalamus

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most body movements; instructed by brain and can act independently (SNS)

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spinal cord

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automatic reflection, hard to prevent (brain can’t inhibit)

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spinal reflex

40
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contains cranial nerves

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somatic pns

41
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There are __ cranial nerve pairs (pairs b/c one controls each side)

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12

42
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eyes, eats, mouth, and nose; into and sensory

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afferent

43
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facial muscles, tongue, and eyes; motor and out

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efferent

44
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inflammation of cranial nerve 7 (facial nerve)

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bell’s palsy

45
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bony spinal column of vertebrae

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spinal nerves

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