CNS & PNS Flashcards
Frontal Lobe
Broca (production of speech)
Morals, emotions, judgment
Concentration, personality
Parietal Lobe
Taste, pain, touch, temperature, pressure
Spatial perception
Temporal Lobe
Auditory
Wernickie (comprehension of speech)
Occipital Lobe
Vision
Midbrain
Motor coordination
Visual reflex
Auditory relay
Pons
Respiratory center/regulates breathing
Medulla oblongata
Afferent and efferent tracts and cardiac, respiratory, vomiting and vasomotor centers
Cerebellum
Coordinates muscle movement
Spinal Cord
Carries sensory info and motor info from the brain
Protected by meninges
Meninges
Three layers of membranes to protect brain and spinal cord
Hypothalamus
Temp regulation, thirst, hunger, circadian rhythm
PNS: Cranial Nerves
12 pair
PNS: Spinal Nerves
31 pair
Sympathetic Nervous System
Fight or flight
Norepi
Parasympathetic Nervous System
During quiet, nonstressful times
Acetylcholine