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Nervous System

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show the anaomy of the nervous system  
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show the brain and the spinal cord  
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show connects the brain and spinal cord to he rest of the body  
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somatic nevous system   show
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show muscles / extension / cell bodies / spinal cord  
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autonomic nervous system   show
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show part of the central nervous system within the spinal column -communicates with all the sense organs and muscles except those of the head -each segment has a sensory and a motor nerve on each side  
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dorsal root ganlia   show
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show ganglion / nucleus  
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Question: Cell bodies of the motor neurons are _______ the spinal cord.   show
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show the H-shaped center of the spinal cord densely packed with cell bodies and dendrites  
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show mostly consisting of the melinated axons of many spinal cord neurons sending these axons from the gray matter to the brain or other parts of the spinal cord  
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show sensory information / motor commands  
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Question: What are the most likely outcomes if the spinal cord is cut at a given segment?   show
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Question: The ______ _______ on each side carries sensory information to the spinal cord   show
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Question: The _______ ______ coveys motor commands to the muscles   show
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Question: Name the two parts of the autonomic nervous system   show
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show part of the autonomic nervous system -a network/chains of ganglia to the left and right of the spinal cord's central regions -prepares organs for "fight or flight" -closely linked ganglia "in sympathy"  
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show part of the autonomic nervous system conserves energy facilitates vegatative, nonemergency responses -decreases heart rate / increases digestive activity  
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Neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system   show
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show norepinephrine  
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show true  
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the parasypmathetic nervous system is also known as the   show
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ventricles   show
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cerebrospinal fluid   show
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show medulla / pons / cerebellum  
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show includes: olfactory bulb, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala and cingulate gyrus  
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the cerebral cortex includes:   show
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show -target for auditory information and essential for processing spoken language -processes complex aspects of vision (object,face recognition)  
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prefrontal cortex   show
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How do we know about brain function? Name 4 research Methods   show
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show memory, hearing, motor functions, attention  
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show uses oxygen consumption in the brain to provide a moving and detailed picture  
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show 1. Lesion techniques: purposely damaging parts of the brain 2. Ablation techniques: removal of specific parts of the brain  
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cingulotomy   show
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show the application of intense magnetic fields to temporarily inactivate neurons  
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