Nervous System Flashcards
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Central nervous system
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Brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of the body
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Peripheral nervous system
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Nerves connecting CNS to the rest of the body
3
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Somatic PNS
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Voluntary; skeletal muscle
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Autonomic PNS
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Involuntary; heart, digestion
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Motor neurons (efferent)
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Transmits nerves impulses to effector sites
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Sensory neurons (afferent)
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Respond to stimuli; transmits impulses from effector site to CNS
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Mechanoreceptors
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Sense distortion in tissue
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Nervous system functions
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Sensory- changes in the environment
Integrative- analyze & interpret
Motor- neuromuscular response
9
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Golgi tendon organs
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Sense change in muscular tension
