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1. NERVOUS SYS- can be divided into two parts:
TEM
CENTRAL (CNS)

PERIPHERAL (PNS)

2. CENTRAL NER- brain and spinal cord
VOUS SYSTEM
(CNS)

3. PERIPHERAL includes all of the nerve fibers OUTSIDE the brain and spinal cord
NERVOUS
SYSTEM (PNS) 12 pairs of cranial nerves

31 pairs of spinal nerves

4. CEREBRAL COR- outer layer of nerve cell bodies
TEX
looks like "gray matter" because it lacks myelin

CENTER for a human's highest functions governing:

- thought
- memory
- reasoning
- sensation
- voluntary movement




5. HEMISPHERE the cerebrum is divided into TWO halfs

left hemisphere (controls right side of body)
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right hemisphere (controls left side of body)

each hemisphere is divided into four lobes

- frontal
- parietal
- occipital
- temporal

6. AFFERENT "STIMULUS"

peripheral nervous system carries SENSORY messages TO the central nervous
system from sensory receptors

7. EFFERENT "RESPONSE"

peripheral nervous system carries MOTOR messages FROM the central nervous
system out to muscles and glands

sends autonomic messages that govern internal organs and blood vessels

8. AUTONOMIC part of the peripheral nervous system
NERVOUS
SYSTEM (ANS) acts as a control system for visceral functions including:

- heart rate
- digestion
- salivation
- perspiration

9. FRONTAL LOBE personality

behavior
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emotions

intellectual function

10. PRECENTRAL located in the frontal lobe
GYRUS
initiates voluntary movement

11. PARIETAL LOBE postcentral gyrus is the primary center for sensation

12. OCCIPITAL LOBE primary visual receptor center

13. TEMPORAL LOBE primary auditory reception center

with functions of hearing, taste and smell

14. WERNICKE'S in the temporal lobe
AREA
associated with language comprehension

when damaged in person's dominant hemisphere, receptive aphasia results

15. RECEPTIVE person hears sound
APHASIA
sounds have no meaning

like hearing a foreign language

16. BROCA'S AREA located in the frontal lobe

mediates motor speech

person can't talk

when injured in the dominant hemisphere, expressive aphasia results
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17. EXPRESSIVE person can understand language
APHASIA
knows what they want to say

cannot talk; may produce garbled sounds

18. THALAMUS the main relay station where the sensory pathways of the spinal cord, cerebellum,
basal ganglia and brainstem form synapses on their way to the cerebral cortex

19. HYPOTHALAMUS major respiratory center with basic vital functions:

- body temperature
- appetite
- sex drive
- heart rate
- blood pressure

regulates sleep

regulates anterior and posterior pituatary gland

autonomic nervous system

stress response

20. CEREBELLUM concerned with motor coordination of voluntary movements, equilibrium, and
muscle tone. doesn't initiate motor movement but it coordinates it and smooths
it.

21. BASAL GANGLIA control autonomic movements of the body

i.e. arm swing alternating with the legs during walking

22. BRAINSTEM midbrain
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