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NERVOUS SYSTEM Flashcards

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Command Center of the body

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Nervous System

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Two systems of Nervous System

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Peripheral and Central Nervous System

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made up of brain and spinal cord

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Central Nervous System

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Responsible for the high intelligence based activity (speaking, thinking, processing thoughts and emotions.

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Central Nervous System

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Responsible for acting on a certain stimulus felt by the five senses

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Central Nervous System

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Main organ of the CNS

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Brain

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Serve as the main highway for the conduction of impulses and message from the brain to various parts of the body and vice versa

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Spinal Cord

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Connected to the cerebral cortex to the medulla

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Pons

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Center of communication and coordination between two hemisphere

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Pons

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Controls involuntary functions (respiration, digestion, swallowing, and sneezing

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Medulla

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Bridge signal from the spinal cord to the various parts of the brain

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Medulla

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Coordinates movement and balance

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Cerebellum

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Monitors motor commands from the cerebrum

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Cerebellum

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secretion of melatonin

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Epithalamus

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controls emotion

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Epithalamus

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connects limbic system tot he other brain parts

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Epithalamus

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relays sensory impulses to and from the cerebral cortex

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Thalamus

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Thalamus serves as the body’s thermostat

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False - Hypothalamus

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Regulates hungers, sleep, thirst, sexual urges and mating behavior

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Hypothalamus

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Fight or flight response and pleasure

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Hypothalamus

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Controls the anterior pituitary gland in secreting hormones

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Hypothalamus

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controls and regulates perception, thinking, voluntary movement and learning

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Cerebrum

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made of all the nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System

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structure containing nerve cell and synapses

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Ganglia

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Peripheral nervous system is made up of

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8 cervical nerves
12 thoracic nerves
5 lumbar nerves
4 sacral nerves

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Network of nerves in the body

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Plexus

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Groups of PLEXUS

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Cervical (C1-C5)
Brachial (C5-T12)
Lumbar (T12-T14)
Lumbosacral (L4-S4)

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consist of sensory and motor neurons connected by a synapse

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Peripheral Nervous System

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sense the stimuli from the external environment and relays in to the CNS for processung

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Sensory Neurons

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responsible for all the voluntary activities of the body and made up of motor neurons

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Somatic Nervous System

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responsible for transmitting impulses away from the area where you received the stimulus to the central nervous systems

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Afferent Neurons

(A)way

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Responsible for the conductance of motor reflexes from the CNS to the area where the impulse was received

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Efferent neurons

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facilitates most of the involuntary actions of the various organ system in the body.

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Responsible for breathing, beating of the hearts, pattern of wake and sleep

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Actions include increasing alertness, heart rate, and dilation of bronchial tubes to increase air flow to the lungs.

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Sympathetic Nervous System is also called as

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Adrenergic Nervous System

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Stimulates sweat glands, and the adrenal medulla to secrete epinephrine (adrenaline)

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Inhibits intestinal motility and dilates blood vessels of skeletal muscles to increase blood flow

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Sympathetic Nervous System

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constricts bronchial tubes to decrease airflow to the lungs, and stimulates the secretion of salivary mucus.

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Parasympathetic Nervous System is also called

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Cholinergic Nervous System (Rest and Digest)

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Stimulates intestinal motility and secretion to promote digestion.

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Stimulates the bladder wall to contract and the internal sphincter to relax to cause urination

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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