Nervous System

Cards (9)

Name the various subcategories of the nervous system.
Peripheral, central, autonomic, somatic, sympathetic, and parasympathetic
autonomic nervous system 
controls automatic/involuntary functions, eg heartbeat, digestion, hormones into bloodstream
somatic 
think body, voluntary movement of body/skeletal muscles
sympathetic nervous system
prepares body for fight/flight
parasympathetic nervous system 
restores bodily balance post fight/flight
The somatic nervous system... 
controls voluntary bodily movement
Compare and contrast the somatic/autonomic nervous systems
one controls voluntary processes while the other controls involuntary ones
Compare/contrast the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems
one prepares body for fight or flight while the other restores it post fight/flight
The central nervous system consists of... 
the brain & spinal cord