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The Nervous System Flashcards

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Central nervous system

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Brain and spinal cord

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Brain

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Cerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon

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Cerebrum lobes

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Frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal

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Frontal lobe

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Language, thoughts, memory

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Temporal lobe

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Auditory

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Occipital

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Visual

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Parietal

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Sensory info

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Cerebellum (and if damaged)

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Controls motor skills/balance. If damaged problems arise in speech/motor (epilepsy)

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Dicephalon

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Thalamus, hypothalamus, brainstem

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Thalamus

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Relay nerve impulses from senses to the brain

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Hypothalamus

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Regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, works with endocrine to release hormones.

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Brain stem

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Regulates breathing and heart rate

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Peripheral nervous system ⚫️

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Somatic and automatic

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Somatic ⚫️

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  • controls skeletal system and muscles
  • receives info from sensory receptors
  • voluntary movement
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Autonomic⚫️

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  • controls essential life maintaining processes such as breathing, heart rate, digestion.
  • involuntary movement
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Sympathetic (in autonomic)⚫️

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  • no adrenaline/adrenaline
  • activated when a threat arises a.k.a fight or flight
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Parasympathetic (in autonomic) ⚫️

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  • normal body functioning
  • relaxes body after a threat has passed
    Aka rest and digest

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