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14 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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CNS |
Brain, spinal cord |
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Peripheral nervous system |
Cranial nerves , spinal nerves, autonomic nerves |
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Cerebrum |
Thinking, personality, sensations, movements, memory |
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Thalamus |
Relay station, sensory impulses, control of awareness + consciousness |
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Hypothalamus |
Body temp, sleep, appetite, emotions, control of petuitary gland |
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Cerebellum |
Coordination of voluntary movements / balance |
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Pins + midbrain |
Connection of nerve + nerve fiber pathway including those to the eyes and face |
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Medulla oblonganta |
Nerve fibers cross over, left - rt) (rt-lt) contains centers to regulate heart, blood vessels and respiratory |
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Acetylocholine |
Neurotransmitter chemical released at end of nerve cells |
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Afferent nerve |
Carries messages 2brain and spinal cord |
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Arachnoid membrane |
Middle layer of 3 membranes that surround brain and spinal |
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Astrocyte |
Type of glial cell that transports water + salts from capillaries |
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Autonomic nervous system |
Nerves that control involuntary body functions of muscles, glands and internal organs |
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Axon |
Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell |
