The Nervous System Flashcards
1
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Central nervous system
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Brain and spinal cord
2
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Brain
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Cerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon
3
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Cerebrum lobes
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Frontal, temporal, occipital, parietal
4
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Frontal lobe
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Language, thoughts, memory
5
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Temporal lobe
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Auditory
6
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Occipital
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Visual
7
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Parietal
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Sensory info
8
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Cerebellum (and if damaged)
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Controls motor skills/balance. If damaged problems arise in speech/motor (epilepsy)
9
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Dicephalon
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Thalamus, hypothalamus, brainstem
10
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Thalamus
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Relay nerve impulses from senses to the brain
11
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Hypothalamus
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Regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst, works with endocrine to release hormones.
12
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Brain stem
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Regulates breathing and heart rate
13
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Peripheral nervous system ⚫️
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Somatic and automatic
14
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Somatic ⚫️
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- controls skeletal system and muscles
- receives info from sensory receptors
- voluntary movement
15
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Autonomic⚫️
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- controls essential life maintaining processes such as breathing, heart rate, digestion.
- involuntary movement
16
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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
17
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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
