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Chapter 15 Flashcards

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Somatic nervous system

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consciously percieved or controlled processes

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somatic means

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body

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somatic sensory portion detects

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signals from special senses and from skin and proprioreceptors

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somatic motor porion sends

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signals from CNS to skeletal muscles

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5
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voluntarty movemnets involve

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cerebrum

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6
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reflexive movements involve

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brainstem and spinal cord

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7
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peripheral nervous system is split into

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sensory and motor

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8
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receive ____ from body and send signlas through those to impact movement

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stimuli

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body recieves sensroy signals from special sense known as

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vision, hearing, equilibroium, smell, taste

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proprioreceptors

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stretch or distortion of things

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11
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conscious control sends signals to ______ muscle

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skeletal

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Autonomic nervous system is a type of

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subcouncious or visceral control

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visceral control means

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regulated results below conscious level

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14
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visceral control caused by

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viscera

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15
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ANS transmits signals from

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CNS to heart, smooth muscle, and glands

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16
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we use autonomic nervous system to maintain

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homeostasis

17
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ANS responds to

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visceral sensory inputs ( like blood vesels)

18
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sensory neurons are not considered a part of the

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ANS

19
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ANS route

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sensory receptors present and
send signal to ganglion
then sends to spinal cord,
then from spinal cord it can control regulation autonomically

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divisions in ANS are

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parasympathetic Division and Sympathetic division

21
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Parasympathetic division

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rest and digest; for conserving energy and replenishing nutrients

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sympathetic nervous system

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fight or flight; for exercis, excitement, or an emergency.

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