2 Flashcards
What are the two main branches of the nervous system?
- Central nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system
What makes up the central nervous system (CNS)
- Brain
- Spinal cord
name of division of nervous system when high level arousal is activated.
- sympathetic nervous system
List 3 physiological responses that may have experienced. (sympathetic)
- increase hear rate
- pupils dilate
- decrease contractions
name of division when physiological responses change and take time to return normal.
- parasympathetic
List 3 physiological responses that may have experienced. (Parasympathetic)
- Pupils contract
- Slow heart rate
- Increase contractions
Explain the role of the corpus callosum
Transfers neutral information between 2 hemispheres of the brain.
frontal lobe:
- control of emotions
(inability to control emotions)
Where is Broca aphasia, explain some difficulties a person faces if they have ^^
- frontal lobe
- unable to form words/speak fluently
Temporal lobe
face, recognition
(unable face/hearing recognition)
Parietal lobe:
- visual attention
- sensing body position
Occipital lobe:
- vision
(blindness/forming perceptions)
how information is transmitted between 2 neurons:
- release of chemical substance into
- space between axon and dendrite
LEFT HEMISPHERE
- Math
- Names
-Thinking
RIGHT HEMISPHERE
- Music
- Imagination
- Beauty
