The Human Organism Flashcards
In the nervous system, what part contains the brain and the spinal chord?
Central nervous system.
If something occurs outside the central nervous system, then it occurs in the blank.
Peripheral nervous system.
If you spill coffee on your hand, what part of the nervous system is activated?
Autonomic nervous system.
If air traffic control tells you to change your heading 010, what part of the nervous system is activated?
The somatic nervous system.
The autonomic nervous system can be split up into the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system. Explain the sympathetic nervous system.
The fight or flight response.
The autonomic nervous system can be split up into the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system. Explain the parasympathetic nervous system.
The rest and digest cycle.
What do proprioceptors allow humans to do?
Allow us to respond to the space around us.
Where are mechanoreceptors located?
Tendons.
Blank is a biologically based trait that increases as there is an increased awareness to environmental stimulation.
Sensitivity.
When do you use photopic vision and are cones or rods used during this time?
Daytime. Cones.
When do you use photopic vision and are cones or rods used during this time?
Daytime. Cones.
When do you use scotopic vision and are cones or rods used during this time?
Nighttime. Rods.
What happens to your sensory threshold when you become tired?
It increases.
What happens to your sensory threshold when you are in a club with loud music?
It increases.
What happens to your sensitivity when your sensitivity threshold increases?
It decreases.
What is the term for when you have a decrease in behavioural response after repeated exposure?
Habituation.
You are in the cockpit and the you drown out the sound of the engine is an example of what?
Habituation
What is the name of the artery and veins that surround the heart?
Coronary.
What vein and artery go to and from the lungs?
Pulmonary.
A pulse is a blank blank that is caused by the pumping of the heart.
Pressure wave.
What is a heart stroke?
1 heart beat.
The amount if blood pumped by the left ventricle into the aorta, in one contraction, is also known as what?
The stroke volume.
