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19 Cards in this Set
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Adrenal glands |
Secrete epi/enterprise release bladder and make you sweat |
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Autonomic nervous system |
Controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs |
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Central nervous system |
Brain and spinal cord |
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Endocrine system |
The body’s slow chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream |
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“Fight-or-flight” response |
Governed by AND |
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Hormones |
Chemical messenger (made by endocrine glands) that travel through bloodstream and other tissues |
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Hypothalamus |
Located below thalamus,
Governs many bodily maintenance activities alike eating and body temp.
Also governs endocrine streams via pituitary gland |
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Interneurons |
Reside with Brain/spinal chord |
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Motor (efferent) neurons |
Connect CNS to the rest of body
Part of pain reflex |
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Nerves |
Neural cables containing many axons |
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Nervous system |
The body’s electro-chemical network
Consists of nerves in central and peripheral nervous systems |
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Opponent process system |
We exist in a state of homeostasis |
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Parasympathetic nervous system |
Energy, calms you down |
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Peripheral nervous system |
Automatic=controls glands/organs (involuntary) heart beat breathing, etc
Somatic= voluntary control of skeleton/muscles
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Pituitary gland |
Pea-sized structure controlled by hypothalamus
(Regulates NT and hormonal system) |
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Reflex |
Simple inborn response to a sensory stimulus |
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Sensory (afferent) neurons |
Part of pain reflexes
Sign travels via these to Interneurons in spinal cord |
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Sympathetic nervous system |
Arouses the body in stressful situations |
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Somatic nervous system |
Controls the body’s skeletal muscles |
