Roles of the different nervous systems

Question 1

What is the role of the nervous system?

Answer 1

Receive info
Process info
Coordinate a response to info

Question 2

What are the 2 subdivisions of the nervous system

Answer 2

central ns and peripheral ns

Question 3

The brain and spinal cord are apart of the

Answer 3

central ns

Question 4

What is the role of the central ns

Answer 4

enables the brain to communicate with the rest of the body by transferring messages through peripheral ns

Question 5

The spinal cord receives ________ neurons from the PNS and sends it to the brain

Answer 5

sensory

Question 6

the spinal cord receives ________ neurons from the brain and sends it to the muscles through the peripheral ns

Answer 6

motor

Question 7

What is the spinal cord

Answer 7

bundle of nerve tissue that links the brain to the rest of the body

Question 8

The brain helps

Answer 8

process sensory info
coordinate a response to the info
help maintain the body’s life support

Question 9

The hindbrain is responsible for

Answer 9

movement and balance

Question 10

What part of the brain controls the problem solving, high order thinking, and is responsible for processing sensory info

Answer 10

forebrain

Question 11

What does the midbrain do

Answer 11

coordinates movement and sleep

Question 12

What is the role of the peripheral ns

Answer 12

transmit info to and from the cns

Question 13

What are the subdivisions of the peripheral ns

Answer 13

autonomic and somatic ns

Question 14

The upper part of the spinal cord controls

Answer 14

the communication between the upper parts of the body and the brain

Question 15

What does the lower part of the spinal cord control

Answer 15

communication between the lower parts of the body and the brain

Question 16

What is the difference between the sensory neurons and the motor neurons

Answer 16

sensory = transfer the sensations from the receptor sites and travel along sensory neural pathways to the brain via the cns 
motor = are responsible for communicating with the muscles through messages sent from the brain

Question 17

sensory info is also known as

Answer 17

afferent neurons

Question 18

Efferent neurons are also

Answer 18

motor neurons

Question 19

The autonomic ns is responsible for

Answer 19

self-regulating the body and for the communication between the cns and the body’s organs (heart and stomach etc)

Question 20

Sympathetic and parasympathetic ns are apart fo the

Answer 20

autonomic ns

Question 21

What is the sympathetic ns responsible for

Answer 21

becomes active when there is a perceived threat and activates the FFF response

Question 22

The parasympathetic ns is known for

Answer 22

calming the body after action and maintains the body at a balanced state

Question 23

What is the frontal lobe?

Answer 23

controls higher order thinking

Primary Motor Cortex = controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles

Question 24

What part of the lobe processes sensory info and what is the primary area

Answer 24

parietal lobe

Primary somatosensory cortex = controls incoming sensory info

Question 25

What does the occipital lobe

Answer 25

controls the visual stimuli

Primary Visual Cortex = processing of visual stimuli

Question 26

What does the temporal lobe control

Answer 26

processing of auditory info

Primary Auditory Cortex