nervous tissue Flashcards
Sensory input
Detect things on you
Integration
Processes input and decides what should be done
Motor output
The response that occurs when your nervous system activates certain parts of the body
Central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord. This is what decides to remove the spider on you and gives the order to your hand.
Peripheral nervous system
All the nerves that branch off from your brain
Sensory division
What picks up sensory stimuli
Motor division
Sends directions from your brain to muscles and glands
Somatic nervous system
Rules your skeletal muscle movement
Autonomic nervous system
Keeps your heart beating, lungs breathing, and your stomach churning
Sympathetic division
Mobilizes the body
Parasympathetic division
Relaxes the body
Neurons
Respons to stimuli and transmit signals
Neuroglia/Glial cells
Surround and protect neurons. Provide support, nutrition, and help with signal transmission in the nervous system
Astrocytes
Exchange of material between beurons and capillaries
