Nervous system Flashcards
7 Functions of the Nervous system
Feeling, Thinking, Moving, Awareness, Coordination of body functions, Homeostasis, Responsiveness to changes.
Main cell type?
Neurons
Where do Neurons transmit impulses?
Along nerve fibers to other neurons.
Parts of a Neuron?
Cell body, axon, and dendrites.
Nerves are bundles of what?
Axons
the small gap that Neurons communicate through
Synapses
What are Neurotransmitters
chemical messengers that propagate impulses to another cell.
Integrative functoin
Impulses are conducted into the CNS from peripheral neurons where they come together to create sensations, memories, or thoughts that are converted into perception.
When Conscious or Unconscious decisions are made the impulses travel along what and go where?
Travel along Peripheral neurons to the effectors.
What are Effectors
Muscles or glands that perform actions in response.
What type of function is integrative functions
A Motor function
What are the two types of Motor functions?
Somatic Nervous system and Autonomic Nervous system
What is the Autonomic Nervous system
Involuntary- Cardiac and smooth muscle groups.
What is the Somatic Nervous system
Voluntary-skeletal muscles
