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Nervous System 15.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central Nervous System | The division of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
| Peripheral Nervous System | The division of the nervous system consisting of all of the nerves located outside the central nervous system |
| Brain | The part of the nervous system that controls most functions in the body |
| Spinal Cord | The thick coulmn of nerve tissue that links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system |
| Cerebellum | The part of the brain that coordinates muscle action and helps maintain balance |
| Brain Stem | The part of the nervous system that controls most functions in the body |
| Somatic Nervous System | The group of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system that controls voulantary actions |
| Autonomic Nervous System | The group of nerves in the periphal nervous system that controls invoulantary actions |
| Reflex | An automatic response that occours rapidly and without concious control |
| Consussion | A bruiselike injury of the brain that occours when the soft tissue of the brain colliddes against the skull |
| Cerebrum | The part of the brain that interprets input from the senses, control movement, and carries out complex mental processes |