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Nervous System Flashcards

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It is involved in receiving information about the environment around us and generating responses to that information and coordinating the system

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Nervous System

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The main processing center for the entire nervous system. It consists two main components, the brain and spinal cord

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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An organ that located within the skull that function as organizer and distributor of information for the body

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Brain

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Serves as a channel for signals between the brain and the rest of the body, and controls simple muscolosketal reflexes without input to from the brain

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Spinal Cord

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It connects the central nervous system to the organs and limbs and it has two main division, the spinal nerves and cranial nerves

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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The nerves that carry motor and sensory signals between the spinal cord and the body

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Spinal Nerve

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The nerve fibers that carry information into and out of the brain stem

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Cranial Nerve

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Is is activated when the body is in a dynamic role or stress

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Sympathetic

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Maintains body functions and restores the body to normal or relaxed mode

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Parasympathetic

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Major functions of the Nervous System

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Sensation, Integration, and Response

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Refers to receiving information (stimuli/stimulus) about the environment, either what is happening outside or inside the body

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Sensation

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Refers to anything that causes a response

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Stimuli

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Received by sensory structures are communicated to the nervous system where that information is processed

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Integration

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The nervous system produces a response in effector organs (such as muscles or glands) due the sensory stimuli

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Response

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It is the major part of the brain that ontrols the activities, thoughts, and five senses

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Cerebrum

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Responsible for cognitive functions and movements

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Frontal Lobe

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Responsible for processing touch, pain, temperature and movement

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Parietal Lobe

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Responsible for vision

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Occipital Lobe

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Responsible for speech, hearing and memory

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Temporal Lobe

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It controls posture, balance and the fine muscle movements

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Cerebellum

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It controls bodily functions like breathing, circulation and sleep, it is located in the bottom part of the brain and connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord

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Brain Stem

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Specialized cells that transmit messages to and from the brain and spinal cord thought-out the body

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Nerve Cell

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Receives the signals from other neurons or from the body and pass those messages along the cell body

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Dendrites

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Maintains structure of the neuron and provides energy or electrical signals

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Cell body

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Specialized organelles, synthesize proteins in a neuron

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Nucleus

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Where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons

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Axon

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They are typically the sites where synapse with other neurons are found

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Axon terminal

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Point of contact between neurons where the information or message is passed

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Synapses

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Protective layer around some axons and helps to speed up the signal messages

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Myelin Sheath

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Contains Na+ and K+ channels, allowing action potential to travel quickly down the axon by jumping one node to next

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Nodes of Ranvier

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Its role is for the development, supplying nutrients and regeneration of peripheral nerves

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Schwann Cell

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The system associated with the voluntary control of body movements

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Somatic Nervous System

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The system associated with the involuntary control of body movements

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Autonomic Nervous System

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An involuntary muscle response to stimulus without input from the brain

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Reflexes

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Property of a human biological systems where the self-regulating process tends to maintain the balance for the survival

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Homeostasis

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System that respond to changes, occur in the body

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Feedback Mechanism

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When a response to a stimulus is decreased or reduced

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Negative Feedback

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When a response to a stimulus is increased

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Positive Feedback

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