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20 Cards in this Set
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Basic cell of nervous system |
neuron |
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Central Nervous System |
Brain and spinal cord |
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Peripheral Nervous System |
All nerves not in the brain or spinal cord |
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Sensory |
gathers information from environment and sends to the brain |
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Motor |
sends signals from the brain to the body |
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Somatic |
motor division under conscious control |
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Autonomic |
motor division not under conscious control |
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Parasympathetic |
autonomic division that slows rates |
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Sympathetic |
autonomic division that increases rates |
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All colored regions |
cerebrum - conscious thought |
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Blue region |
frontal lobe of the cerebrum - conscious thought, mood and personality |
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Yellow region |
parietal lobe of the cerebrum - integrates information from various senses |
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Green region |
temporal lobe of the cerebrum - smell and sound |
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Pink region |
occipital lobe of the cerebrum - sight |
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cerebellum - muscle coordination and balance |
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brain stem - involuntary functions (internal organs) |
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Nerve impulse |
1) C dendrites 2) B through cell body 3) D down the axon 4) F into axon terminal |
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Passive transport in the nervous system |
neurotransmitters diffusing across the synpatic cleft |
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Active transport in the nervous system |
neurotransmitters exit axon terminals through exocytosis; neurotransmitters open gated channels on dendrites |
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Synapse - nerve transmission |
