Nervous System

Question 1

Autonomic NS?

Answer 1

Regulates bodies internal enviro
Controls involuntary muscles (heart)
Unconscious and automatic

Question 2

Somatic NS?

Answer 2

Interacts with external enviro
Controls voluntary muscles and sensory info
Conscious and voluntary

Question 3

Autonomic NS has two separate systems?

Answer 3

sympathetic NS
prepares for fight or flight, increases breathing, heart rate, decreases digestive activity
Parasympathetic NS
promotes energy conservation, non emergency, opposite of SNS

Question 4

3 major devisions of the brain?

Answer 4

Cerebral hemisphere
Brain stem
Spinal cord

Question 5

4 components of the hindbrain?

Answer 5

Medulla
Reticular formation
Pons
Cerebellum

Question 6

Medulla (hindbrain)?

Answer 6

Tracts carrying signals between brain and body

Controls some vital reflexes such as breathing, heart rate and vomiting

Question 7

Reticular formation (hindbrain)?

Answer 7

Role in arousal, sleep, attention, movement ..

Question 8

Pons (hindbrain)?

Answer 8

Where axons from each side of the hemisphere cross

Question 9

Cerebellum (hindbrain)?

Answer 9

Sensorimotor

Involved in cognitive functions

Question 10

Midbrain 2 parts?

Answer 10

Tectum and tegmentum

Question 11

Forebrain 2 parts? (Diencephalon)

Answer 11

Thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 12

Thalamus? (Forebrain)

Answer 12

Sensory relay (not olfactory)

Question 13

Hypothalamus?

Answer 13

Motivated behaviours

Regulates release of hormones from pituitary gland

Question 14

Forebrain (telencephalon)?

Answer 14

Largest division of the human brain
Initiates voluntary movements, sensory input and cognitive functions
Cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system

Question 15

Basal ganglia

Answer 15

Voluntary motor responses

Question 16

Limbic system

Answer 16

Motivated behaviour and emotion

Question 17

Cerebral cortex

Answer 17

Outer surface of cerebral hemispheres

Question 18

Large furrows

Answer 18

Fissures

Question 19

Small furrows

Answer 19

Sulci

Question 20

Neurons communicate across the hemispheres mainly through the..

Answer 20

Corpus callosum

Question 21

Each hemisphere is divided into 4 lobes

Answer 21

Occipital
Parietal
Temporal
Frontal

Question 22

Occipital lobe?

Answer 22

Visual stimuli

Question 23

Parietal lobe?

Answer 23

Touch sensations and muscles

Also spatial, numerical, attention

Question 24

Temporal lobe?

Answer 24

Auditory info

Also memory and recognition

Question 25

Frontal lobe?

Answer 25

Movement and motor

Question 26

Peripheral nervous system?

Answer 26

Outside of brain and spinal cord

ANS AND SNS