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18 Cards in this Set
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What are two categories of Peripheral nervous System? |
Afferent Nerve Efferent Nerve |
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What is the Afferent Nerve? |
Sensory Nerve |
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What is the Efferent Nerve? |
Motor Nerve |
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Where is the Afferent Nerve? |
From the periphery of the body to the Brain |
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What are three things Afferent nerves do? |
Taste, Pain, Perception |
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What is the Efferent Nerve? |
Motor Nerve |
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Where is the Efferent Nerve? |
From the brain or spinal cord to the body |
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What does the Efferent Nerves do? |
Activate muscle fibers |
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The Efferent nerve is divided into what? |
Somatic Nervous system Autonomic Nervous System |
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What is the Somatic nervous System? |
All nerves controlling muscles and external sensory receptors (Sensory and Motor) |
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What is the Autonomic Nervous System? |
Not Concious Control |
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What is the Autonomic Nervous system known as? |
Caretaker of the body |
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What is the Autonomic Nervous System divided into? |
Sypathetic Nervous System Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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What is the Sympathetic Nervous System? |
Fight or Flight Response (Shutdown of salivary flow with certain medications) |
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Sympathetic Nervous system can cause what? |
Xerostemia |
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Parasympathetic Nervous System is what? |
Rest or Digest (Starts salivary Flow) |
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Parasympathetic Nervous System : natural salivary flow aids in what? |
Digestion when stimulated by food |
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What nerve helps aids in digestion when stimulated by food with natural salivary flow? |
Parasympathetic Nervous System |
