Week 4a: The nervous system: Major Structures and Functions Flashcards
1
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
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Brain & Spinal Cord
2
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
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Connects the brained spinal cord to the rest of the body.
3
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PNS - Somatic Nervous System
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messages from the sense organs to the CNS
4
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PNS - Autonomic Nervous System
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controls the heart, intestines, and other organs.
5
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Dorsal & Dorsal Roots
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Towards the back, dorsal roots carry sensory information
6
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Ventral & Ventral Roots
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Toward the stomach, Ventral roots carry motor information
7
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Dorsal root ganglia
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Clusters of neurons outside the spinal cord.
neuron clusters outside the CNS is ganglion,
neuron clusters inside the CNS is called nucleus
8
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grey matter
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in the centre of the cord, packed with cell bodies & dendrites
