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The nervous system is divided into:
Central nervous system (CNS): brain and spinal cord
How is the nervous system Peripheral nervous system (PNS): all nerve fibers
divided and what does it outside the brain and spinal cord
include? Includes:
12 pairs of cranial nerves
31 pairs of spinal nerves and all their branches
Sensory (afferent) messages to CNS from sensory
receptors
What messages does the Motor (efferent) messages from CNS to muscles and
nervous system carry? glands
Autonomic messages to govern internal organs and
blood vessels
The brain is the boss
What are the brain and
The spinal cord is the highway
spinal cord in simple
Together, they control everything we think, feel, and
terms?
do
The brain is the main commander.It makes decisions,
What does the brain do in
processes information, and sends out commands to
the CNS?
the body.
, The spinal cord is the highway of commands.It carries
What does the spinal cord messages between the brain and body.It also controls
do in the CNS? reflexes (automatic, fast responses that happen
without thinking).
The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain.It
What is the cerebrum and
controls thought, memory, reasoning, sensation, and
what does it do?
voluntary movement.
The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the
What is the cerebral
cerebrum.It's made of nerve cells and acts like the
cortex?
brain's control panel.
The cerebrum has two hemispheres: left and
How is the cerebrum
right.Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of
divided?
the body.
Frontal: thinking, planning, voluntary movement
What are the four lobes of
Parietal: touch, pressure, spatial awareness
the cerebrum and their
Temporal: hearing and memory
functions?
Occipital: vision
The frontal lobe is responsible for:
Personality, behavior, emotions
What does the frontal Higher intellectual functions (like decision-making and
lobe control? problem-solving)It also contains Broca's area, which
helps with motor speech (forming words and
speaking clearly).
The parietal lobe is involved in:
What does the parietal
Sensation (touch, temperature, pain)
lobe control?
Postcentral gyrus: the brain's primary sensory area
The occipital lobe is responsible for visual
What does the occipital
processing.It helps interpret what we see by
lobe control?
processing information from the eyes.
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Terms in this set (205)
The nervous system is divided into:
Central nervous system (CNS): brain and spinal cord
How is the nervous system Peripheral nervous system (PNS): all nerve fibers
divided and what does it outside the brain and spinal cord
include? Includes:
12 pairs of cranial nerves
31 pairs of spinal nerves and all their branches
Sensory (afferent) messages to CNS from sensory
receptors
What messages does the Motor (efferent) messages from CNS to muscles and
nervous system carry? glands
Autonomic messages to govern internal organs and
blood vessels
The brain is the boss
What are the brain and
The spinal cord is the highway
spinal cord in simple
Together, they control everything we think, feel, and
terms?
do
The brain is the main commander.It makes decisions,
What does the brain do in
processes information, and sends out commands to
the CNS?
the body.
, The spinal cord is the highway of commands.It carries
What does the spinal cord messages between the brain and body.It also controls
do in the CNS? reflexes (automatic, fast responses that happen
without thinking).
The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain.It
What is the cerebrum and
controls thought, memory, reasoning, sensation, and
what does it do?
voluntary movement.
The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the
What is the cerebral
cerebrum.It's made of nerve cells and acts like the
cortex?
brain's control panel.
The cerebrum has two hemispheres: left and
How is the cerebrum
right.Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of
divided?
the body.
Frontal: thinking, planning, voluntary movement
What are the four lobes of
Parietal: touch, pressure, spatial awareness
the cerebrum and their
Temporal: hearing and memory
functions?
Occipital: vision
The frontal lobe is responsible for:
Personality, behavior, emotions
What does the frontal Higher intellectual functions (like decision-making and
lobe control? problem-solving)It also contains Broca's area, which
helps with motor speech (forming words and
speaking clearly).
The parietal lobe is involved in:
What does the parietal
Sensation (touch, temperature, pain)
lobe control?
Postcentral gyrus: the brain's primary sensory area
The occipital lobe is responsible for visual
What does the occipital
processing.It helps interpret what we see by
lobe control?
processing information from the eyes.
