quick study nervous system Flashcards
What are the two main parts of the preipheral nervous system
Somatic and Automic
What does the automic part of the peripheral nervous system do?
controls self-regulated action of internal organs and glands
What are the two functions of the somatic part of the peripheral nervous system?
Sensory input, motor output (controls skeletal muscles)
The parasympathetic and sympathetic are part of what nervous system?
peripheral, automic
What is the sympathetic function?
fight or flight, aurosing
the is the parasympathetic function?
calms and re-energizes us
what is the central nervous system responsible for?
brain and spinal cord
what glands are part of the endocrine system?
pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal gland, pineal gland
what are the other parts of the endocrine system?
hypothalamas, testies/ovaries, panreas, parathyroid
