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Nervous system
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/27/2016

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Somatic nervous system
Definition

controls voluntary functions

 

like movement , controls skeletal muscles

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autonomic nervous system
Definition

controls involuntary functions 

 

controls cardiac and smooth muscles and glands

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parasympathetic divsion
Definition
rest and digest
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sympathetic division
Definition
stimulatory stress response ( fight or flight )
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Parasympathetic
Definition
controls pupil , increase salivation , decreases breathingrate , slows heart rate , widens blood vessels , increases digective activity , contract bladder muscles , stimulate defecation
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sympathetic nervous system
Definition
dilate pupil , decreases salivation , increases breathing rate , increase heart rate , narrows blood vessels , slows digestive activity , stimulates secreation or epinephrine and noepinephrine , causes salt and water retention , relaxes bladder muscles , inhibits defecation
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reflex arc
Definition
consisting of a sensory receptor, a sensory neuron, interneurons, a motor neuron and an effector (muscle)
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CNS protected by
Definition
bone , skull , cerebrospinal fluid , blood-brain barrier
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Dura matter
Definition
outer layer of meninges
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arachnoid layer
Definition
middle layer of meninges
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pia mater
Definition
inner most layer of meninges
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meningitis
Definition

inflammation of meninges

 

caused by bacteria virus, fungi

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encephalitis
Definition
inflammation of brain
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cerebrospinal fluids function
Definition

shock absorption

 

support weight of the brain

 

nourishment ans waste removal

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blood-brain barrier
Definition

permits certain substance to enter the brain

 

inhibits nonlipid soluble drugs to reach brain tissue

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spinal cord
Definition

transmit message between brain and body

 

cerebrospinal fluid in central canal

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white matter
Definition
myelinated sheath
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gray matter
Definition
cell bodies and non myelinated axons
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brain
Definition
control center
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cerebral cortex of cerebrum
Definition
thinking , conscious part of brain
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cerebrum contains
Definition

cerebral cortex

 

hippocampus

 

amygdala

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cerebrum
Definition
sensory area of touch , hearing and olfaction and interpret sensation , language , thinking , decision making ,
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cerebral cortex
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outer layer orf cerebrum ; high thinking and processing

 

 

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cerebral cortex contains
Definition

sensory and motor areas 

Prefrontal region : decision making

 

sulci : fold and furrows

gyri : ridges

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corpus Callosum
Definition
white matter band connects two hemisphere
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Hippocampus
Definition
long term memory
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amygdala
Definition
remember fear and responding to it
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thalamus
Definition
processes sensory information ( no smeel) and relays it to other areas of brain
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hypothalmus functions
Definition

control vitals

 

regulate : hunger, thirst, sex

 

controls pituitay gland secretions

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cerebellum
Definition

matain balance and cordination

 

refines motor skills 

 

new motor skills 

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brain stem : mdulla oblagata
Definition
controls breathing , heartbeat nd BP and involuntry functions
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brain stem : pons
Definition

assist medulla oblagata to control involuntary breathing

 

relays message between spinal cord ad th cerebellum with cerebrum , thalamus and hypothalamus

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midbrain
Definition

important in voluntary muscle control

 

controls eye movement

 

relays station for auditory and visual information

 

relays information between the cerebellum or spinal cord and the cerebrum

 

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