Nervous System

Question 1

What does the central nervous system consist of?

Answer 1

Spine

Brain (4 main parts) cerebellum, cerebrum, diencephalon and brain stem

Question 2

In the spinal chord what are the nerves in the ascending and descending section?

Answer 2

Ascending: Sensory
Descending: Motor

Question 3

CEREBELLUM:
A) It is __________ symmetrical
B) The function is ________
C) Problems here include _______ and _______

Answer 3

A) Bilaterally
B) To organise and plan movement
C) Speech and co-ordination

Question 4

CEREBELLUM
What is the name of the thing in the body that tells the brain where the body is?
AND
What do these things tell the brain where the body is through?

What three things does the cerebellar cortex make sure we do and don’t do?

Answer 4

Proprioreceptors

Muscle tension, visual stimuli and equilibrium pathway

Don’t overshoot, maintain posture and have smooth co-ordinated movements

Question 5

CEREBRUM

A) The cerebrum has __________ _________ which are divided into____, ___, ____, ____, ____

Answer 5

Two hemispheres

Lobes, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Pituitary glad and Pineal body

Question 6

DIENCEPHALON

A) What are the two main structures?
B) What does the diencephalon relay?
C) What two things does it connect?
D) What does the diencephalon control?
E) What does the diencephalon work with to do?

Answer 6

A) Thalamus and Hypothalamus
B) Sensory information between the regions of the brain
C) Structures of the endocrine system and the central nervous system
D) Hormone release
E) limbic system to GENERATE and MANAGE emotions and memories

Question 7

BRAIN STEM

A) What does this regulate?
B) What passes through here?
C) What does this connect?

Answer 7

A) Automatic essential functions
B) Motor and sensory neurones
C) Brain and spinal chord

Question 8

There is the central nervous system and the _____ _______ ________
What are the two main parts of this other system?
What is the difference between these two main parts?
One of these parts has 2 other section. Which part is it? What are the name of the other sections and what do they do?

Answer 8

Peripheral Nervous System
Somantic and autonomic
Somantic is voluntary autonomic is involuntary
Autonomic. Parasympathetic responsive for rest and digest/feed and breed. Sympathetic responsible for fight or flight response