8. Nervous System Flashcards
2 divisions of the nervous system
CNS
PNS
2 major parts of CNS
Brain
Spinal cord
2 major divisions of the PNS
Sensory
Motor
2 divisions of Motor part of PNS
🔹Autonomic
🔹Somatic
Muscles under somatic (voluntary control)
Skeletal muscles
Muscles under Autonomic nervous system
🔹Smooth and Cardiac muscles
🔹Glands and Visceral organs
2 divisions of the Autonomic nervous system
🔹Sympathetic
🔹Parasympathetic
“Fight or Flight”
Sympathetic
“Rest and Digest”
Parasympathetic
Matter in the OUTER part of BRAIN
Gray matter
“OB IS Gray”
Matter in the INNER Brain
White matter
Matter in the Outer Spinal cord
White matter
Matter in the inner spinal cord
Gray matter
Gray matter is made up of
Cell bodies
White matter is made up of
Myelinated axons
Embryonic structure from which the CEREBRUM develops prenatally
Telencephalon (Forebrain)
Largest component of the brain
Cerebrum
Part of Cerebrum that controls righ side of the body
Left hemisphere
Part of cerebrum that controls left side of the body
Right hemisphere
White matter that connects or separates the left and right hemispheres
Corpus callosum
Condition when corpus callosum is damaged, left and right hemispheres are separated
Split brain
Outer gray matter with gyrus, sulcus and fissures
Cerebral cortex
Elevations in the brain
Gyrus
Grooves in the brain
Sulcus