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Nervous System

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neuroanatomy   show
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show the brain and the spinal cord  
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periperal nervous system   show
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somatic nevous system   show
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show muscles / extension / cell bodies / spinal cord  
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show part of the peripheral nervous system -controls the heart, intestines, and other organs -has some cell bodies within brain and spinal cord and some in clusters along the sides of the spinal cord  
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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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show cell bodies of the sensory neurons are in clusters outside the spinal cord  
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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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gray matter   show
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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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show the brain loses sensation from that segment and belop. The brain loses motor control over all parts of the body served by that segment and the lower ones  
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show dorsal root  
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Question: The _______ ______ coveys motor commands to the muscles   show
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show sympathetic and parasympathetic  
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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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parasympathetic nervous system   show
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show acetylcholine  
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Neurotransmitte of the sympathetic nervous system   show
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show true  
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show craniosacral system  
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ventricles   show
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show reservoir of hormones and nutrition for the brain and spinal cord  
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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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temporal lobe   show
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show higher functions such as abstract thinking and planning responsible for our ability to remember recent events and information (“working memory”) Regulates impulses and emotion  
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show 1. correlate brain anatomy with behavior 2. record brain activity during behavior 3. brain damage effects 4. brain stimulation  
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areas affected by grey matter loss in early onset schizophrenia   show
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show uses oxygen consumption in the brain to provide a moving and detailed picture  
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Name two research methods examining the effects of damage to the brain using laboratory animals   show
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show  
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transcranial magnetic stimulation:   show
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