Organisation of nervous system

Question 1

Whats the central nervous system (cns)

Answer 1

is the division of the nervous system located within the skull and spine

Question 2

whats the peripheral nervous system? (pns)

Answer 2

the division located outside the skull and spine

Question 3

what two things is the pns made up of?

Answer 3

autonomic and somatic nervous systems

Question 4

Whats the hindbrain? (Metencephalon)

Answer 4

the most posterior division of the brain

is composed largely of tracts carrying signals between the rest of the brain and the body

auditory & visual-motor functioning

Question 5

What type of info involves the hindbrain and what functions is the info involved in?

Answer 5

Recticular info

Involved in functions such as 
Arousal
Sleep
Attention
Movement
maintenance of muscle tone
various cardiac, circulatory, and respiratory reflexes

Question 6

what does the Metencephalon differentiate into?

Answer 6

Pons and the Cerebellum

Question 7

Whats Pons involved in?

Answer 7

connects the top of the brain to the cerebellum

Chemicals produced in the pons help maintain our sleep-wake cycle

Question 8

whats the Cerebellum involved in?

Answer 8

Sensorimotor Control- controls movements & adapt to changing conditions

Cognition (e.g., decision making, language)

Question 9

what two things is the forebrain composed of?

Answer 9

telencephalon and diencephalon

Question 10

what parts are in the diencephalon+ their roles ?

Answer 10

Thalamus
gateway to consciousness

Hypothalamus
regulation of several motivated behaviors (e.g., eating, sleep, and sexual behavior)

Question 11

what is the telencephalon’s roles?

Answer 11

largest division of the human brain

mediates the brain’s most complex functions
voluntary movement
interprets sensory input
mediates complex cognitive processes such as learning, speaking, and problem solving

Question 12

whats in the telencephalon and its roles?

Answer 12

Limbic System
The limbic system is involved in the regulation of motivated behaviors
the circuit connecting the hypothalamus to the limbic lobe
the basis for emotional experiences

Basal Ganglia
the performance of voluntary motor responses and decision making (see Hikosaka et al., 2014)
nucleus accumbens
rewarding effects of addictive drugs and other reinforcers

Question 13

what are the cells of the nervous system called and what do they do?

Answer 13

Billions of neurons underlie activity of the nervous system

Electrically excitable cells Process and transmit information around the nervous system

Question 14

describe action potential and how information is processed in a single neuron?

Answer 14

explain bio week 2 video 2

Question 15

whats synaptic transmission?

Answer 15

bio week 2 vid 3