Nervous system Flashcards
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Central nervous system
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- Brain: 3 pairs of fused ganglia – Innervate eyes, antennae, amd handles all signals arriving from the body
- Suboesophageal ganglion: control mouthparts and salivary glands
- Ventral nerve cord: Innervate legs, flight muscles & segments
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Peripheral nervous system
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All the sensory neurons of sense organs and motor neuron axons
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Sensory neurons
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- Located near integument, in the PNS.
- Associated with sense organs and transmit info to CNS
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Visceral nervous system
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Innervate parts of gut, reproductive organs, and tracheal system
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Motor neurons
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- Located within the ganglia of the central nervous system
- Receive info from sensory neurons and transmit it to motor neurons.
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Interneurons
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- Located within the ganglia of the CNS
- Receive info from interneurons - transmit it to muscles
