Anatomy and Physiology: Nervous System Basics

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering the basic components and classifications of the nervous system and its response mechanisms as detailed in the lecture transcript.

Receptor

Structures that recieves a slimulus and conved it into impulse.

Effector

Grand or organ that brings about a response to stimuli received by the body

Stimulus

Dectable change in the internal of external enviroment.

Impulse

Electrical signal created by receptor organs in response to stimuli

Transmit

To send message (something) from one Place to another.

Autonomic nervous system

Controls ours involontarily bodily functions. It is divided into the PARA SYMPHATIC and SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Peripheral nervous system

Consist of nerves that extends outside the central nervous system (the Brain and spinal cord