Nervous System Vocab and Concepts Flashcards
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Central Nervous System
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The components of the nervous system dealing with thought, perception, feeling, and autonomic body functions
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Peripheral Nervous System
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Somatic and Autonomic Nercous Systems:
Somatic: regulates voluntary actioms (walking, talking, etc.)
Autonomic: Controls functions such as digestion, dilation and constriction of blood vessels, sweating, fight or flight reaponse, etc.
