Nervous System Overview Flashcards
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Major Structures
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Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerves
2
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Functions
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- Coordinate body systems by receiving and sending information
- Maintaining homeostasis
3
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Sensory
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Receives information
4
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Integrative
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Determines where information is sent (Interneurons- CNS)
5
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Motor
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Responds to signals
6
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
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Brain and Spinal Cord
7
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
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Sensory and motor nerves of the body
31 pairs of spinal nerves
12 pairs of cranial nerves
8
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Somatic Nervous System
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Skeletal, Voluntary
9
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Autonomic Nervous System
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Smooth Muscles, Glands, Involuntary, Parasympathetic, Sympathetic
10
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Parasympathetic
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Rest and Digest
11
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Symapthetic
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Fight or Flight
