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Nervous System
Nervous System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/22/2012

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Term
What are the 2 parts of the NS
Definition
CNS and PNS
Term
What is in the CNS
Definition
Brain and Spinal Cord
Term
What is in  the PNS
Definition
Cranial and Spinal Nerves
Term
Parts of the PNS
Definition
Autonomic NS and Central Somatic NS
Term
Parts of the Autonomic NC
Definition
Parasymapthetic NS and Sympathetic NS
Term
When is the Sympatheic NS active and when the Parasympatheic NS active
Definition
Sympathetic when the person is excited or scared and parasympatheic when the person is eating or at rest
Term

What does the sensory- somatic NS due.

what makes it up

Definition

Active when u use voluntary control.

12 Cranial nerves/ 31 pairs of spinal nerves/ associated ganglia

Term
What is process in the neuron that recieves stimuli
Definition
Dendrite
Term
What is process in the neuron that sends signals
Definition
axons
Term
What is the area/ gap between the axon and the dendrite
Definition
synapse
Term
3 main fxns of the NS
Definition
Sensory, Motor, and intergrative fxns
Term
What areas have the most sensory neurons
Definition
face, fingers, toes
Term
What occurs durng a reflex
Definition
neurons  transmit a message to the spinal cord, which in turns sends a message back to  the muscles to react before the  message before it is transmitted to the brain
Term
what does the motor fxn do?
Definition
carries electrical impulse from the CNS to effectors (glands and muscles)
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