nervous system Flashcards
1
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: brain and spinal cord
A
central nervous system
2
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cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and
ganglia
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peripheral nervous system
3
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group of neuron cell bodies located outside CNS
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Ganglion
4
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Receives information FROM body and transmits it TO the CNS for processing
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sensory division
5
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receives sensory information from skin, joints, muscle,
special senses
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Somatic Sensory component
6
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receives sensory info from blood vessels and viscera
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Visceral Sensory component
7
Q
Afferent
A
inflowing
8
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Transmits info FROM the CNS TO muscles and glands
A
motor division
9
Q
innervates skeletal muscle
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somatic motor component
10
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innervates smooth muscle, cardiac
muscle, and glands of viscera (organs)
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Autonomic motor component
11
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efferent
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conducting outward
