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2 main sections

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cns

pns

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pns sections

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somatic

autonomic

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autonomic sections

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sympathetic

parasympathetic

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somatic sections

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motor

sensory

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forebrain involves

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cerebrum
thalamus
hypothalamus
limbic system

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midbrain involves

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reticular formation

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role of cns

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enables brain to communicate with the rest of the body by conveying messages to the pns

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forebrain role

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  • higher order thinking processes (i.e. planning, solving, emotions and language)
  • receiving and processing sensory information
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midbrain role

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movement
sleep
arousal

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hindbrain

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link between spinal cord and rest of the brain

- important for movement and balance

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role of pns

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works with cns to enable interaction with environment

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motor neurons

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responsible for initiating movement of pns

- communicates from cns to particular muscle for specific movement

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sensory neurons

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convey sensation from sensory receptors (pns) to the brain via cns

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role of somatic nervous system

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  • controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles (striped or striated)
  • conscious responses without the arousal of autonomic nervous system
    e. g. putting a jumper when cold
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role of autonomic nervous system

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  • responsible for communication of information between cns and non-skeletal muscles (smooth or visceral) and together with glands and internal organs that carry out bodily functions(such as digestion)
  • responsible for homeostasis
  • responding to threats in environment
  • directs unconscious functioning
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fight-flight-freeze response

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  • activated by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system
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sympathetic

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  • activated when organism is threatened

- responsible for the organism’s action (referring to fight or flight response)

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parasympathetic

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  • activated when aware tht you are unable to fight or outrun the threatening stimulus
  • freeze response
  • responsible for homeostasis (maintaining balance in bodily functions)
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effects of parasympathetic and sympathetic

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parasympathetic:
contracts bladder
stimulates tear glands
constricts pupils
slows heart rate
sympathetic:
relaxes bladder
no effect on tear glands
accelerates heart rate
dilates pupil
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cerebral cortex

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detects the difference between pieces of information, understands meaning of information, abstract and symbolic thinking

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cerebral hemispheres

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almost symmetrical connected by neural fibres called corpus callosum

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4 lobes

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parietal
frontal
temporal
occipital

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thalamus

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  • when receives signals from sensory receptors, this relays information to the primary cortex relevant to that lobe (processes and interprets it)
  • responsible for giving specific sensory information more attention than others at a given moment
  • controlling motor systems of the brain which are responsible for voluntary bodily movement and coordination
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frontal lobe

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  • largest
  • speech, abstract thought, planning, social skills
    primary motor cortex:
  • movement of skeletal muscles and helps coordinate sensory stimuli to plan for movement
  • functions contraleterally (left primary cortex controls movement of the right side of body)
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parietal lobe

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perception of 3D shapes and spatial awareness
primary somatosensory cortex:
- processes sensation (touch, pain, temperature, pressure)
- functions contralaterally

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temporal lobe

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processing auditory information
primary auditory cortex:
- perform complex auditory analysis to interpret human speech or listen to music

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occipital lobe

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vision
primary visual cortex:
- different parts of PVC process different types of visual stimulus

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association areas

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parts of cerebral cortex (grey matter) not taken up by lobes

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neurons

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near association areas: less specific function; could be involved in integration of several senses or memories
near primary cortices: specialise in analysing and interpreting that particular sensory information

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association area: frontal lobe

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higher order thinking; reasoning, language, aspects of personality

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association area: parietal

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  • integrate sensory information to form a single perception

- construct a spatial coordinate system to represent the world

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association area - temporal

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processing and encoding memories

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association area - occipital

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integration of visual stimuli

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reflexes

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innate response to a stimuli involving a process called a reflex arc

  • to contribute to safety/survival
  • many are controlled within spinal cord and no involvemen of brain (for faster response as no nerve impulse is sent)
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reflex arc

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process of receiving a sensation and responding to a stimuli reflexively

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monosynaptic

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  • involving one synapse
  • affector (sensory) neuron brings a sensation from receptors and an effector (motor) neuron carries motor messages to muscles of the body
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polysynaptic

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involves atleast two synapses

involves interneurons connecting the affector and effector neurons

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