The Nervous System Flashcards
Central Nervous System
- Brain
- Spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System
- Cranial Nerves
- Spinal Nerves
Picks up sensory information and delivers it to the CNS
Sensory Division
Carries information to muscles and glands
Motor Division
Carries information to skeletal muscles
Somatic
Carries information to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
Automatic
Nerve impulses pass form neuron to neuron at:
synapses
- Membranes surrounding CNS
- Protect CNS
- Three layers
*dura matter, arachnoid matter, pia matter
Meninges
Outer; tough
Dura Matter
Thin; weblike
Arachnoid Matter
Inner, very thin
Pia Matter
Subarachnoid space is made of
CSF
Directly touches spinal cord
Pia Matter
- Interconnected cavities within cerebral hemispheres and brain stem
- Continuous with central canal of spinal cord
- Filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Ventricles
- Slender column of nervous tissue continuous with brain
- extends downward through vertebral canal
- Begins at level of foramen magnum and terminates near first and second lumbar
Spinal Cord
Spinal cord begins at level of _____ and terminates near first and second lumbar
foramen magnum
Automatic subconscious responses to stimuli within or outside the body
Reflexes
What is an example of reflex behavior?
Knee-jerk reflex
- Simple monosynaptic reflex
- Helps maintain an upright posture
Reflex Behavior
Example of reflex that prevents or damages tissue damage
Withdrawl Reflex