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Nervous System Flashcards

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1
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sympathetic

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accelerator

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2
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2 branches of automatic system

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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automatic system

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all involuntary actions

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somatic system

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responsible for all voluntary actions

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5
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2 systems in peripherals

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somatic and autonomic

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6
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how many pairs of nervous systems extend from CNS

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31

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peripheral nervous system

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responsible for all other nerve processes that branch out from spine to receptors in muscles, glands, blood vessels and organs

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2 parts of nervous system

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central and peripheral

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motor

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activate body systems by sending messages back via peripheral nervous system

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association

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memory, thought and emotion

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11
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3 areas of brain

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sensory, motor and association

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12
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sensory

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receive impulses from sense organs via peripheral nervous system

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13
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2 main lobes of brain

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R &L hemisphere

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14
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central nervous system

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brain and spinal cord

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parasympathetic

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slows down

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neurotransmitters

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allow brain to interpret signals from periphery and respond mechanically

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motor unit recruitment

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activating right amount of muscles for the job

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nerve impulses

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activating nerves

19
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motor unit

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motor neuron that connects to muscle at end of motor plate

20
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motor unites recruited by

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size- small to large

21
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strength of contraction

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depends on number of muscle fibers needed

22
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all or none

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no partial contraction

23
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3 basic roles

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sensation, integrative, motor

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layers of fascial connective tissue

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epimysium, endomysium, perimesium

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epimysium

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wraps around whole muscle

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ednomysium

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around smaller individual fibers

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brain

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interprets messages from the peripheral nervous system

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spinal cord

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transfers messages in and out of CNS

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neurons

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impulses or messages passed though nervous system via nerve cells called neurons

30
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2 types of neurons

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motor neurons, sensory neurons

31
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motor neurons

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transient impulses from CNS to muscles and glands

32
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sensory neurons

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transmit impulses from PNS to CNS to be interpreted by brain

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