Nervous System Flashcards
1
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-Receive information from 5 senses
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Sensations
2
Q
-Information is processed in the brain to formulate a respone
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Integration
3
Q
-Brain sends signals to target muscle, organ or gland
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Response
4
Q
- Brain and Spinal cord
- Processing center for nervous system
- Spinal cord serves as a link between brain and peripheral nervous system
A
Central Nervous System
5
Q
- Nerves
- Composed of nerves, cable-like bundles of fiber that branch out from Central Nervous System
- Transport info to and from the brain and spinal cord
- Responses carried by this can be classified under somatic and automic
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Peripheral Nervous System
6
Q
-Controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscle
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Somatic
7
Q
-Controls self-regulated actions of internal organs and glands
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Automic
8
Q
Types of Autonomic?
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Sympathetic, Parasympathetic
9
Q
Arousing energy
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Sympathetic
10
Q
Calming energy
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Parasympathetic
