Nervous Systems Flashcards
Somatic Nervous System
largely responsible for the voluntary control of movement
Automatic Nervous System
the area of the PNS (peripheral nervous system) that supplies input to organs-involuntary process
Sympathetic Nervous System
“fight or flight” reaction. more prone to an excited state
Parasympathetic Nervous System
“relax & digest”-more relaxed state
Vestibular system
Provides information about the position of the body and head, and spatial orientation relative to its surrounding environment; located in the inner ears that assist with balance.
Somatosensory system
Provides information that is acquired from receptors in the body (skin, muscle, joints, tendons) about the position and motion of the body parts relative to other body regions and the support surface.
Sensorimotor function
The interaction between the way the body processes visual, vestibular, and somatosensory information with the motor response of the body to that information.
