UNIT 1 KA2 Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is the CNS
Connects brain to our spine
What is the medulla
It controls our breathing and it’s found at the top of our spine
What’s the cerebrum
It controls memory and is at the top of the brain
What is the cerebellum
Controls balance and movement
Aba’s are neurones
Info being passed by electrical impulses around our body
What are sensory neurons
Carries info from receptors to the CNS
What are the inner neuron’s
Carries info between the sensory neurons and the motor neurons
What are moter nurons
Carries info from CNS to effectors
What’s the synapse
It is the gap the electrical impulses has to cross to pass on the message/info
What’s the diffrence between hormone and neurons
Hormones are chemical and neurons are electrical
Where is insulin and glucagon produced
The pancreas
What happens when there is an increase in glucose concentration?
The pancreas will release insulin and the glucose is taken into the muscle or liver cells and stored as glycogen then the glucose concentration will decrease and become stable
What happens when there is a decrease in glucose concentration?
The pancreas will release the glycogen and the liver will break down the glycogen and release the stored glucose and then they’ll be a increase in glucose in the blood making the blood sugar level stable
