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Parts of the peripheral nervous system
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Somatic
Autonomic |
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Describe the somatic nervous system
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Regulates sensory and voluntary motor activity.
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Describe the autonomic nervous system
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Involuntary muscles
Sympathetic Parasympathetic |
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Function of acetylcholine
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Controls voluntary movement
Role in memory, REM sleep Sex ACh loss found in Alzheimers Interference w ACh impedes new memories |
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Role of the limbic system
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Limbic system is the old brain
It mediates: hunger, thirst emotions, eg rage, fear, pleasure memory encoding |
