Nervous system
Cards (11)
- Central nervous System - body’s master control unit
- The nervous system
- Peripheral nervous system: sends information from the CNS to the outside world. Sends messages from the CNS to muscles and glands
- Spinal cord: a column of nerves between the brain and PNS
- Brain stem: connects to the brain and spinal cord
- Brain stem: connects to the brain and spinal cord
- Brain: divided into 3 major parts: hindbrain (lower brain), midbrain, forebrain
- Autonomic nervous system: sends information to and from internal bodily organs. Autonomic (involuntary) and made up of two parts: sympathetic and parasympathetic
- Somatic nervous system: sends information from receptor cells in organs to the CNS. Receives information from the CNS to muscle cells
- Sympathetic nervous system: prepares the body for an action like fight or flight
- Parasympathetic nervous system: calms the body and helps the body conserve energy