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NERVOUS SYSTEM

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OLFACTORY CARRIES impulses for sense/smell to brain
OPTIC Carries visual impulses from the eye to the brain. SENSORY
OCULOMOTOR Controls contractions of eye movement
TROCHLEAR Supplies one eye ball movement.
TRIGEMINAL Carries sensory impulse from eye,jaw to brain
ABDUCEN FACIAL Controls eyeball muscle.
FACIAL Controls facial expressions,taste,salivary gland and tears.
VESTTIBUCOCHLEAR Impulses for hearing and equilibrium from the inner ear to brain.
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL Carries sensory impulses from tongue and pharynx, swallowing, and parotid salivary glands.
VAGUS Supplies most of the organs in the thoracic and abd, motor impulses to larynx and pharynx.
ACCESSORY Controls muscles in neck and larynx
HYPOGOLOSSAL controls muscles of tongue
SYMPATHETIC NS Thoracolumbar division of the autonomic NS stimulates a fight or flight response
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM Craniosacral division of the autonomic nervous system; generally reverses the fight or flight response.
how many cranial nerves are there? 12
General sensory impules They are for touch, feel, pain temp, vibrations.
Somatic Motor Impulses Voluntary control of skeletal muscles.
Visceral Motor Impulses Involuntary control of glands and involuntary muscles;cardiac, and smooth muscles; Thes motor pathways are part of the autonomic nervous system, parasympathetic divison.
Cerebrum largest part of uppermost portion of brain. Cortex outer layer is the site for thought, memory,reasoning and mental functions.
Diencephalon Between Cerebrum and the brain stem;contains thalamus and hypothlamus. Thalamus sorts and redirects sensory input,body heat and temp, maintains homeostasis and controls autonomic NS pituitary gland.
Anterior region below the cerbrum; Connects Cerebrum and diencephalon with spinal cord.
Anterior to the Cerebellum Connects tcerebellum with other portions of the brain. Helps to regulate respiration.
Medulla Oblongata Links the brain with spinal cord. has centers for control of vital functions, such as respiration and the heartbeat.
Cerebellum Coordinates voluntary muscles maintains balance and muscle tone.
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