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What is the nervous system

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The body’s control and communication centre

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What is the purpose of the nervous system

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It provides a continuous flow of information which enables us to perform every tasks

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What are the major functions of the nervous system

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Sensory, integrative and motor function

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What is the sensory function of the Nervous System

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Sensory receptors detect changes in the external/internal environment

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What is Integrative function of the Nervous System

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The CNS receives info and decides which effectors need to react to the stimulus

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What is the Motor function of the Nervous System

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Effectors bring about appropriate responses

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What is Stimuli

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Physical or chemical changes in the environment that can cause a response in an organism

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What is an example of an internal stimuli

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Blood pressure

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What is an example of external stimuli

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Temperature

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What is the CNS made up of

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The Brain and Spinal cord

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What is the CNS responsible for

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For processing all info from our senses , and directing our movements and thoughts

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How is the CNS protected

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By three connective tissue membranes called Meninges and cerebro-spinal fluid and is enclosed with the cranium

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What is the function of the cerebro-spinal fluid

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Protects the CNS against shock and damage

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What is the function of the cranium

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It protects the brain against mechanical injuries

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What are the meninges

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Inner pia mater
Thin arachnoid membrane
Tough dura mater

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What prevents jarring of the CNS, giving the body spring resilience

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S-shape curvature of vertebral column n cartilaginous disks

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What is the brain

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The enlarged upper part of the spinal cord enclosed with the cranium

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Parts of the brain

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The Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Hypothalamus and Medulla oblongata

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The Cerebrum

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Has two cerebral hemispheres held together by the corpus callosum

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What does the Corpus callosum do

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Provides communication between hemispheres and the cerebral cortex and lower part of the CNS

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What is the surface area of the Cerebrum made up of

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Gyri( folds) and sulci (grooves)

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What do Gyri and sulci fo

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Enlarge the surface area so a large amount of brain cells can fit into a small cranial cavity

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What is the Cerebral cortex

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It’s the outer 3mm of Cerebrum made up of grey matter because of neuroplasm

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What is the white matter

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It’s below the grey matter, made up of mylinated nerve fibres ( fatty myelin- yt)

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Motor functions of the Cerebrum

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In the frontal lobe
Voluntary movements

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Sensory functions of the Cerebrum

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Receive and interpret impulses
Hearing, smelling & tasting in the temporal lobe
Sight in the occipital live
Skin feel in the parietal lobe

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Function of the association cortex

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Higher mental activities- frontal lobe
Intelligence, memory etc
Integrate and store info before it’s sent to motor areas

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Where does the Cerebellum lie

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Below the cerebruh

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What is the arrangement of grey and white Matter of the Cerebellum

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White matter looks like branches and is surrounded by the Grey matter which looks like the foliage

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What are the functions of the Cerebellum

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It controls coordination and balance

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Where is the Hypothalamus

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It lies below the thalamus and above the pituitary gland

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What are the functions of the Hypothalamus

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Helps maintain homeostasis by maintaining body temperature, food intake n water balance
Is the centre for survival emotional response and behaviour
It secretes ADH n controls the release of all the hormones from pituitary gland

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Where is the Medulla oblongata

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Forms the lowest part of the brain stem

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What is it Called when it passed the foramen magnum

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The spinal cord

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What are the functions of the Medulla Oblingata

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Serves as a pathway for impulses to n from the brain
Acts as a Reflex centre

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What reflexes does the Medulla Oblongata help control

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Breathing, blood pressure by regulation vasodilation and vasoconstriction
Swallowing
Yawning
Coughing

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What is Vasodilation

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It is the widening of blood vessels

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What is vasoconstriction

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The narrowing of blood vessels

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What does yawning do

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It forces cool air into your body

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What does coughing do

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It helps open up breathing

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What does the Corpus Collasum do

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It separates left from right

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What is the Spinal Cord

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An elongated rod of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata through the foramen magnum situated in the vertebral canal

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What happens at the Spinal Cord

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The meeting if the CNS and the PNS

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What are meninges

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A thin tissue layer protecting the spinal cord

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What are intervertebral discs

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Carteligenous parts between vertebrae

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What’s the function of intervertebral discs

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Shock absorption
Allow bending

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How many bones does the vertebrae have

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33

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What is the central Canal

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It runs through the spinal cord in the centre of the grey matter
Filled with cerebro-spinal fluid

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What is the Grey matter made of

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Nerve cell bodies
Dendrites
Synapses

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What is the White matter and what is it made of

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It’s the fatty layer surrounding grey matter
Made up of axons with myelin sheaths

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How many pairs of spinal nerves are there

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31 pairs

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What is the dorsal groove

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)
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Shallow

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What is the ventral groove

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It’s deep

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What is the dorsal root

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Has sensory monopolar nerves coming in
Afferent
Has ganglion

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What is the ventral root

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Has motor multipolar nerves going out
Efferent

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What is the dorsal ganglion

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Has a small mass of neuron cell bodies

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What are the functions of the spinal cord

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Pathway for impulses from receptors to brain to effectors
Spinal reflexes- very quick, think about after

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What is the Peripheral Nervous System made up of

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Nerves that link the CNS to the receptors and effectors

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What are the 43 pairs of nerves

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12 pairs- cranial connected to brain
31 pairs of spinal nervous entering & leaving the spinal cord

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What are the functions of the PNS

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Motor functions
Sensory functions

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What are the sensory functions of the PNS

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Collects info from receptors, transmits it via impulses along neurons to the CNS

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What are the motor functions of the PNS

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Transmits impulses from CNS to effectors to bring about responses

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What is the motor division made up of

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Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System

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What is the SNS

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Conducts impulses from CNS ti skeletal muscle & therefore controls all voluntary muscular movements

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What is the ANS

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Conducts impulses from the CNS to cardiac muscle, smooth muscles and glands & therefore controls involuntary muscles of glands
Maintains homeostasis

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What is voluntary

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With conscious control by the brain

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What is involuntary

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Without conscious control

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What is the ANS made up of

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Sympathetic Nervous System
Parasympathetic Nervous System

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What does the Sympathetic do

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Works together with adrenalin in emergency situations that cause stress
Fight and flight
More oxygen, glucose & blood sent to skeletal muscles where cellular respiration is speeded up to release more energy for action

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What does the Parasympathetic do

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Enables body to ‘rest and digest’
To recover from sympathetic stimulation- return to normal

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What does the ANS do in response to changing conditions

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Speeds/ slows heart & respiratory rate
Adjusts blood pressure & temperature
Shunts blood to where it’s needed
Decreases/increases digestive secretions

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Double innervation

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Organs innervated with nerves from both systems

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What is a coordinating system

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A system that allows communication between the receptors and the effectors of the body to bring about appropriate reactions to the stimuli

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The nervous co-ordinating system

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Responds the fastest and is brought about by impulses travelling along nerves

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The Endocrine co-ordinating system

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Is slower and is brought about by chemicals called hormones which are carried in the blood

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