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15 Cards in this Set
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Somatic Nervous system
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Branch of peripheral nervous system. nerves that allow you to feel the body and move the body.
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Autonomic nervous system
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Regulates organs and glands.
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sympathetic nervous system
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branch of the autonomic nervous system. heart rate up, sweating, sugar in blood, high blood pressure
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parasympathetic nervous system
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branch of autonomic nervous system. dominates with resting/relaxing.
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Cerebellum
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everyone has two; coordinates movement.gets drunk.
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Pons
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Bridges the 2 cerebellums. Plays critical role in sleep. Can't sleep without it.
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Medulla
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Brain stem-vital functions-breathing, heart rate, blood pressure.
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thalamus
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sensory relay center-eyes, ears, most senses send info here.
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hypothalamus
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under thalamus. controls basic drives. 4 f's. feeding, fleeing, fighting, fornicating.
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hippocampus
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forming memories.
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corpus callosum
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wiring that connects two halves of the brain. a bunch of axons.
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cerebral cortex
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bark of brain. outer wrinkled part.
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occipital lobe
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vision
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parietal lobe
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"body senses". sensory abilities found in surface of body. TOUCH, TEMP, PAIN.
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temporal lobe
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handles hearing. One of brain's language areas.
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