Control Snf Communication 2.3 Flashcards
What is in the nervous system?
Brain spinal chord and nerves
Give an overall summary of the nervous system
Controls the body by conveying information between the sense organs and effectors such as muscle and glands
What is in the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal chord
What are the different regions in the brain?
Medulla
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
What does the medulla do?
Heart beat and rate of breathing
What does the cerebellum do?
Controls balance and coordination
What does the cerebrum do?
Memory imaginations conscious thought and intelligence
What is the order of flow of information?
Receptors, sensory nerves, CNS, motor nerves, effectors
What is the order of reflex arc
Goes from the stimuli to sensory organ, spinal chord, relay neuron, motor nueron to effector
What is the name of the space between the end of the neuron and he start of the next one?
Synapse
How does the impulse get across the synapse?
It’s a sac of chemical transmitter that diffuses across the space
What are hormones?
Chemical messengers secreted directly into the bloodstream by endocrine
What are the two main hormones that involved in regulating the concentration of glucose in the blood?
Insulin and glucagon
Where is insulin and glucagon produced?
Pancreas
What is the excess glucose that can be covered to? And what hormone triggers it?
Glycogen
Insulin
