Nervous System Chapter 12, 15 Flashcards
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What plays the dominant role for:
-Integration
-Coordination
-Association responses to internal and external demand
The Nervous System
The Nervous System is responsible for what 4 things?
-Perceptions
-Behaviors
-Memories
-Initiating all voluntary movements
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What is:
-Housed within the skull and contains approximately 85 billion neurons
The brain
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What are:
-Twelve pair numbered I - XII
Cranial Nerves
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What is:
-A bundle containing hundreds to thousands of axons including connective tissue and blood vessels
A Nerve
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What is:
-In a nerve
-(Axons and Dendrites)
Nerve Fibers
Nerve fibers may be ________? (4)
-Sensory
-Motor
-Somatic
-Autonomic
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What is:
-Contained within the spinal column and connected to the brain through the foramen magnum
Spinal Cord
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What are:
- Thrity- one pairs that exit from the spinal cord
Spinal Nerves
(Major structures of the nervous system)
What are:
-Small masses of nervous tissue made up primarily of neuron cell bodies
Ganglia
What are located outside the brain and spinal cord?
Ganglia
Which function of the nervous system is:
-To sense changes in the internal and external environment through sensory receptors?
Sensory Function
Which neurons serve the Sensory function?
Sensory (afferent) Neurons
Which function of the nervous system is:
-To analyze the sensory information
-Store some aspects
-Make decisions regarding appropriate behaviors
Integrative Function
Which neurons serve the Integrative function?
-Association or Interneurons
Which function of the nervous system is:
-To respond to stimuli by initiating action
Motor Function
Which neurons serve the Motor function?
Motor (efferent) neurons
(Organization of the Nervous System)
What 2 parts of the body that are in the Central Nervous System? (CNS)
-Brain (encephalon)
-Spinal cord (Medulla spinalis)
(Organization of the Nervous System)
What 2 parts of the body that are in the Peripheral Nervous System? (PNS)
-Twelve pair of cranial nerves
-Thirty-one spinal nerve pairs
Which subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System is:
-Incoming information to spinal cord and brain
Sensory division (afferent)
Which subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System is:
-Outgoing information from spinal cord and brain
Motor Division (Efferent)
Which subdivision of the Motor division is:
-Efferent to skeletal muscle
Somatic nervous system (SNS)
Which subdivision of the Motor division is:
-Efferent to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
Somatic nervous system:
-Usually under voluntary control except in the case of ________ ________, and skeletal muscles involved in ________, _________, and ___________.
-Somatic reflexes
-Breathing, posture, reflexes