Nervous System

Question 1

What is the structure of the nervous system?
And what is the 4 parts of brain
+ spinal chord

Answer 1

The central nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord.
The BRAIN is involved in conscious awareness and is involved in all psychological processes
4 parts of the brain- occipital lobe-which processes visual information
Temporal lobe which processes auditory info
Parietal lobe which intergrates information from your sense and is important for spacial navigation
Frontal lobe- is associated with higher order functions such as planning, logic and reasoning
+ brain stem

Spinal chord is the involuntary actions

Question 2

Peripheral nervous system
What is the somatic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system

Answer 2

Maintains communication with the outside world- made up of sensory receptors and motor pathways

Autonomic nervous system is involved with homeostasis
Only contains motor pathways
Sympathetic- involved in flight or flight as impulses travels through autonomic nervous system and to organs, such as hr increasing and digestion decrease.

Parasympathetic- returns us back to our resting state- reducing blood pressure