Central Nervous System Flashcards
(20 cards)
Site of regulation of water balance, body temperature, and metabolism.
Hypothalamus
Brain is protected by the
skull
The _____ division of the PNS carries motor commands from the CNS to peripheral tissues and systems.
motor
Responsible for the regulation of posture and coordination of skeletal muscle movements.
Cerebellum
The ______ _______ ______ is responsible for integrating, processing, and coordinating sensory data and motor commands.
Central nervous system
The ______ ______ ____ includes all the neural tissues outside of the CNS
peripheral nervous system
The sensory division is also called the _____ division
afferent
The ______ division of the PNS brings info to the CNS from receptors in peripheral tissues and organs.
sensory
Birth defect often due to a temporary lack of oxygen that causes brain damage and results in a poorly controlled voluntary muscles, seizures, mental retardation, and/or impaired hearing and eyesight.
Cerebral Palsy
______ ______ receptors monitor internal organs.
Visceral sensory receptors.
_______ _______ receptors provide sensations of smell, balance, taste, vision, and hearing.
Special sensory receptors
________ _______ receptors provide sensations or position, touch, pressure, pain, and temperature.
Somatic sensory receptors
The pathway in the central nervous system starts with _______.
receptors
The central nervous system is made up of the _____ and the _____
brain, spinal cord
5 lobes of the cerebrum
-Frontal lobe
-Parietal lobe
-Temporal lobe
-Occipital lobe
-Insula
4 major components of the brain
-Brain stem
-Cerebellum
-Diencephalon
-Cerebrum
____ is a strong, white fibrous tissue and is the outer layer
Dura Mater
The CNS has 2 protective coverings
Outer covering of bone
and Meninges
The Central Nervous system is responsible for being the principal integrator of : 2
Sensory Output and
Motor input
The central nervous system is composed of what 2 main componenets
Brain and spinal cord
