Nervous System Flashcards
Parts of system
Brain spinal cord and nerves
Central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system
Nerves that look central to organs
Régulâtes activités over which we have voluntary control like walking
Somatic nervous sustem
Controls functions that occur autonomously ex digestion dilation and constriction of blood vessels, sweating
Autonomic nervous system
Controls all functions of the body
Brain
Controls movement heating balance speech
Cerebrum
Cordinates fine body movement
Cerebellum
Controls functions of life
Brainstem
Vision and storage of visual memories
Occipital lobe
Sense of touch and texture storage of those memories
Parietal lobe
Hearing smell and language
Temporal
Voluntary muscle control
Frontal lobe
Judgement and predicting consequences of actions
Prefrontal lobe
Basic emotions and reflexes
Lambic system
Relay center filters importsnt signals from routine
Thalamus
Emotions temp control hormone control
Hypothalamus
LOC reticular activating system muscle tone and posture
Midbrain
Respiratory patterning and Seth
Pons
Heart rate blood pressure and respiratory rate
Medulla oblongata
Reflexes and relays info
Spinal cord
Brainstorm to head and neck special peripheral nerves connect directly to body parts
Cranial nerves
Brain to spinal cord to body part
Receive stimulus from body and sends commands
Peripheral nerves
Filters impurities and toxins and absorbs shocks in brain
Cerebrospinal fluid (csf)
Fight or flight
Sympathetic nervous system
Slow the body’s activités or return the body to its resting state
Parasympathetic nervous system
Carry info from brain to muscles
Motor nerves
