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Nervous System Flashcards

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What are the 2 branches of the nervous system?

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Central nervous system (CNS)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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What is the central nervous system?

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Made up of brain & spinal cord - constantly receiving messages about changes in internal & external environment - collecting information & deciding on a response
Brain interprets messages - spinal cord transfers them

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What are the 3 main functions of the nervous system?

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Sensory input - monitoring changes & events inside & outside body
Interpretation - analysing data
Motor output - response to data

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What is the central nervous system? (CNS)

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Made up of brain (interprets message) & spinal cord (transfers messages) - constantly receiving messages about changes in internal/external environment - interprets information & decides on response

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What is the peripheral nervous system? (PNS)

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Made up of nerves that carry sensory information from body to CNS (afferent nerves) & motor nerves that carry response info out to muscles & organs (efferent nerves)

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What is the sequence of nervous system activity?
(ACE)

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Afferent - incoming info about changes
CNS - interpretation & decision making
Efferent - outgoing info about response

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What are the 2 parts of the peripheral nervous system? (PNS)

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Somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system

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What is the somatic nervous system? (Part of PNS)

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Branch of PNS concerned with changes in external environment - regulates voluntary body movement through control of skeletal muscles. Senses movement, touch,pain, skin temp - conscious control

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What is the autonomic nervous system? (PNS)

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Branch of PNS concerned with changes in internal environment. Senses hormonal status, functioning of internal organs, controls cardiac & smooth muscles, endocrine glands that secrete hormones. Not under conscious control

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What are the 2 types of efferent nerves in the autonomic nervous system?

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Sympathetic
Parasympathetic

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What are sensory receptors?

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Detect changes in the internal & external environment

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Name 3 ways exercise can affect the nervous system?

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Better muscular coordination to improve application of force
Development of new connections
Improved spatial awareness due to improved neural connections

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What are chemoreceptors?

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Throughout the body - detect changes in levels of chemicals (carbon dioxide - respiration & calcium for muscle function)

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What are thermoreceptors?

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In all tissues - detect temperature changes

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What are baroreceptors?

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In the Walls of arteries - detect changes in blood pressure

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What are proprioceptors?

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Found in muscles & tendons - detect changes in body position

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What are motor nerves / neurons?

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Efferent nerves responsible for creating movement by stimulating muscles to contract - under control of somatic nervous system

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What are the 2 propeioceptors that detect changes in the muscles & tendons?

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Muscle spindles
Golgi tendon organs

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What are muscle spindles?

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Found deep in centre of muscle & detect excessive lengthening

20
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What are Golgi tendon organs?

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Found in tendons - detect excessive tension/contraction

21
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What is reciprocal inhibition?

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When one muscle or group of muscles contracts the opposing muscle or groups relaxes

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What are the 2 types of efferent nerves under control of the autonomic nervous system?

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Sympathetic
Parasympathetic

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What are sympathetic nerves?

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Increase activity & play a vita role in fight or flight mechanism - release a chemical (neurotransmitter) from nerve ending to bring about associated response

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What are parasympathetic nerves?

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Decrease activity & are more active during relaxation. Release a neurotransmitter (acetylcholine) has the opposite effect of adrenaline & noradrenaline

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What is a neuron?

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Electrically excitable cell that processes & transmits information by electrical & chemical signalling

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What is an afferent (sensory) neuron?

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Specialised cells - carry sensory stimuli (pain, pressure, light etc) from external environment to CNS.
Long dendrites & short axon

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What is an efferent (motor) neuron?

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Carry motor commands from the CNS to target cells (muscles, glands etc)

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