Module 10 AP Psych Unit 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Nervous system | The body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of peripheral and central nervous systems
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| Central nervous system | This is the brain and the spinal cord
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| Peripheral nervous system | The sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body
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| Nerves | bundled axons that form neural cables connecting the central system with muscles, glands, and sense organs.
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| Sensory (afferent) neurons | neurons that carry incoming information from the body's tissues and sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
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| Motor (efferent) neurons | neurons that carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
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| Inter neurons | neurons within the brain and spinal cord to make the muscles and glands
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| Somatic nervous system | The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal system
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| Automatic nervous system | The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
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| Sympathetic nervous system | The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy
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| Parasympathetic nervous system | The division pf the autonomic nervous system, that calms the body, conserving its energy
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| Reflex | A simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee-jerk response
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| Endocrine system | The body's “slow” chemical communication system; a set of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream
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| Hormones | Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream, and affect other tissues
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| Adrenal glands | A pair of glands of endocrine glands that sit just above the kidneys and secrete hormones that help arouse the body in times of stress
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| Pituitary glands | The endocrine systems most influential gland
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| Thyroid glands | This affects metabolism
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| Parathyroid glands | This helps regulate the level of calcium in the blood
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| Pancreas | This regulates the level of sugar in the blood
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| Testis | This secretes male sex hormones
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| Ovary | This secretes female sex hormones
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| Hypothalamus | This is the brain region controlling the pituitary gland
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