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CNS- spinal chord, brain
PNS- autonomic, somatic |
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Glands and organs.
Unaware
AFFERENT signals: to CNS
EFFERENT signals: from CNS
Efferent:
Sympathetic NS: excites- fight or flight
Parasympathetic NS: inhibits- resting activities
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Skin, muscles and joints.
Aware.
AFFERENT signals- to CNS (somosensory)
EFFERENT signals- from CNS (primary motor area)
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Rostral- front
Caudal- back
Ventral- bottom
Dorsal- top |
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Frontal: planning, control impulses, social, attention.
Parietal: spatial perception (from sensory information), sense of touch.
Temporal: language, hearing, object recognition.
Occipital: vision
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Sulci: depressions
Sylvian fissure
Central sulcus
Temporal-occipital sulcus
Interhemispheric fissure
Giri: bumps
Pre-central gyrus: efferent, primary motor area
Post-central gyrus: afferent, somatosensory area
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Gray: bodies of nerve cells
White: nerve axons
*surface gray matter: cerebral cortex
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Subcortical structures:
-hypothalamus -hyppocampus
Medial structures:
-corpus callosum -thalamus (info from eyes)
-brainstem (signals towards spinal chord) |
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Redistributes blood in brain if a major supply is blocked.
Anterior cerebral artery (to front of brain)
Posterior cerebral artery
(to back of brain) |
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Area between meninges filled with cerebrospinal fluid and connective tissue.
Cushion and absorb shocks |
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