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Exam 2
Biological Foundations & Brain and Consciousness
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/10/2012

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Term
3 Neural Communication Systems
Definition
-Central Nervous System (CNS)
-Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
-Endocrine System

-Coordinate and operate together to regulate all psychological activity
Term
Central Nervous System
Definition
Brain and Spinal Cord
Term
Peripheral Nervous System
Definition
-Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System
-Connects CNS to the rest of the body
Term
Endocrine System
Definition
-Not really a part of Nervous System and communicates through hormones
-Hormones work through the blood system, released by endocrine glands, to target the tissue
-Affects can come on in seconds or hours and can last as long as you need
-Influences thoughts, behaviors, and actions
Term
Somatic Nervous System
Definition
Acts on skeletal muscle (muscle attached to bone)
-It's what you can actually control
Term
Autonomic Nervous System
Definition
-Acts on visceral muscles and glands
-You can not actually control it
-Two Subsystems
-Both subsystems are always working but usually not both extensively at the same time
Term
Sympathetic NS
Definition
-Subsystem of Autonomic NS from PNS
-Activating System (Fight or Flight)
Term
Parasympathetic NS
Definition
-Subsystem of Autonomic NS from PNS
-Deactivating System (Digest and Rest)
Term
Hypothalamus
Definition
-Critical integrating system between CNS and Endocrine system
-It controls pituitary (in CNS) and pituitary controls endocrine system
-Controls pituitary through releasing factor that tells it when to release and what to release
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