The Nervous System Flashcards
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Central Nervous System
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Brain and spinal cord; CUP for all behaviors and mental processes
The spinal cord processes outgoing and incoming messages
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Spinal Reflexes
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Automatic behaviors produced by the spinal cord without use of the brain
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Peripheral Nervous System
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The system of extended nerves outside the CNS
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Somatic Nervous System
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- communicates sensory information to the CNS
- carries messages from CNS to motor neurons for voluntary muscle movement
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Autonomic Nervous System
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- regulates involuntary function
- heartbeat, breathing, digestion
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Sympathetic Nervous System
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- arouses the body to expend energy
- fight or flight reaction
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
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Returns body functions to normal after fight or flight experience
