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7 Cards in this Set
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Nervous system |
Provides the biological basis, or substrate, for psychological experience |
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Peripheral nervous system (PNS) |
Carries information to and from the central nervous system (CNS) |
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Central nervous system (CNS) |
Directs psychological and basic life processes; responds to stimuli. |
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Somatic nervous system (PNS) |
Conveys sensory information to the nervous system and send motor messages to muscles |
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Autonomic nervous system (ANS)-(PNS) |
Serves basic life functions, such as the beating of the heart and breathing of the lungs, response to stress. |
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Sympathetic nervous system (ANS) |
Readies the body in response to threat; activates the organism |
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Parasympathetic nervous system (ANS) |
Calms the body down; maintains energy |
