intro senses and eye Flashcards
(62 cards)
what receptors are in the hypothalamus
thermo
chemo
osmo
SYMPATHETIC (AUTONOMIC)
fight or flight (short term stress)
PARASYMPATHETIC (AUTONOMIC)
restore and conserve energy
BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
formed by meninges and tight-walled cappilaries
what does the blood brain barrier do
seperates the blood and nervous system
what can get through the blood brain barrier
O2 and lipid-soluble material
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)
transports hormones, WBC, and nutrients across the blood brain barrier
- protects the brain
what % does the brain make up
2%
what % of O2 of the body does the brain use
20%
what matter is outside the brain
grey
what matter is inside the brain
white
what surrounds the brain
CBS fluid, meninges, and the skull
what matter is in the cerebrum
grey matter
CEREBRUM
manages where things get sent
HYPOTHALAMUS
main control centre for homeostasis
- controls hormone production
MEDULLA OBLONGTA
automatic involuntary response
PONS
up and down information
PROPRIOCEPTORS
special sensorecetor bbetween muscles and joints )muscle memory)
CEREBRAL CORTEX
longest part of the brain
- divded into lobes
CORPUS CALLOSUM
links left and white hemisphere (white matter)
R HEMISPHERE
INTUITION, VISUAL-SPATIAL SKILLS, ARTISTIC SKILLS
L HEMISPHERE
sequential and logical thinking, linguistic, mathematical ability
FRONTL LOBE
thought, intelligence, memory, personality, voluntary motor skills
PARIETAL
process senory info from skin, process info about body position