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18 Cards in this Set
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nerves that convey messages from the sense organs to the cns and from the cns to the muscles and gland.
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Somatic NS
Divisions of the PNS |
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A set of neurons that control the heart, intestines, and other organs
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Autonomic NS
Divisions of the PNS |
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Prepares the body for arousal.
Example: increased breathing, increased heart rate, decreased digestive activity. |
Sympathetic
Divisons of the PNS |
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Facilitates vegetative, non-emergency responses by the body's organs.
Example: Increase digestive activity, activities opposes sympathetic. |
Parasympathetic
Divisions of the PNS |
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the brain and the spinal cord.
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Central nervous system
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the nerves outside the brain and the spinal cord.
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Peripheral Nervous System- PNS
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Axons that transfer information between hemispheres
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Corpus Callosum
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Regulates hunger, thirst, body temperature, and sexual behavoir.
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Hypothalamus
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acts as a relay station between sensory systems and the spinal cord.
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Thalamus
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Controls sleep and arousal
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Pons
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regulates pain and relays sensorimotor information.
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medulla
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Contain primary motor cortex
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Frontal Lobes
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Contain the somatosensory cortex.
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Parietal Lobes
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More cortical space dedicated to face, lips, teeth, gums and jaw then the hands and feet, then the torso.
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Parietal Lobes
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Contain primary, secondary and tertiary visual cortices.
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Occipital Lobes
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Contain primary, secondary, and tertiary auditory cortices and visual Areas V4 and V5
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Temporal Lobes
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Speech production area.
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Brocas Area
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Comprehension area
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Wernicke's Area
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