Nervous Systems Flashcards
Block 2 (69 cards)
What side of the brain controlls what side
Left brain - right body side
Right brain - left body side
Role of nervouse system
controls and coordinates functions, integrate and respond to the environment
Types of nerve functions
sensory, integrative, motor
Sensory nervous system
used to monior changed inside and outside body
what does the stimuli do
responsible for changes, gatheres information
integrative nervous system
process and interprets sensory input
what are effectors of NS
muscle, glands, internal organs
Motor nervous system
sends information to effectors
what response does the motor NS do
muscle contractions, glandular secretion
parts of the nervous system
skin receptor, afferent or sensory neuron, synapses on interneuron, interneuron, efferent or motor neuron, striated muscle (effector)
Subdivisions of the NS
Central NS and Peripheral NS
Parts of the CNS
brain + spinal cord, covered by bone
Parts of the PNS
spinal nerves, crainal nerves, uncovered nerves
Central nervous system
common center, interpret sensory information and responds based on past experience
Peripheral nervous system
outside the CNS, carries inpulses from sensory to CNS and CNS to effectors
Divided parts of the PNS
Afferent and Efferent
Aferent division
sensory, conducts to spinal cord and brain
Efferent division
motor, conveys away from brain and spinal cord
Break down afferent and efferent even more
goes to somatic and visceral sytems
Somatic systems
is the voluntary system, concerned woth both sensory and motor for relationship to world, detect stimuli from skin, tissues of limbs and trunk, and behavioral actions
Autonomic nervous system
sympathetic and parasympathetic, balance eachother out (antagonistic actions)
Visceral systems
is the involuntary system, concerned with both seneory and motor for inside viscera, motor in this system is referred as autonomic NS
Sympathetic division leaves
CNS via spinal nerves in thoracolumbar regions
Parasympathetic division are
found in small group of crainal nerves and spinal nerves in sacral region