Nervous System

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Amygdala
________- understand and remember emotional situations, recognize emotional expressions in others.
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Ventral nerve cords
________ have ganglia in each segment.
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Brain
________ has two halves or hemispheres with four lobes each.
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nervous system
All animals have a(n) ________ except for sponges.
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Nerve cords
________ extend length of animal connected by transverse nerves.
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Sensory neurons
________ detect internal body conditions.
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PNS
________: all neurons that are outside of the CNS.
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Hippocampus
________- establish memories for spatial locations, facts, and sequences of events.
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Somatic
________ nervous system: primary function to sense external environment and control skeletal muscles.
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Corpus callosum
________: connects the cerebral hemispheres.
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Autonomic nervous system
________: regulates homeostasis and organ function.
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Interneurons
________ or Association Neurons: form interconnections between other neurons.
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Pineal gland
________ produces melatonin.
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cardiovascular function
Controls heart rate, breathing, ________, digestion, swallowing, and vomiting.
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Motor neurons
________ control skeletal muscles.
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Temporal lobe
________: language, hearing, and some types of memory.
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Neurons
________ connect to each other in a network.
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Sensory neurons
________ receive stimuli- heat, vision, smell, taste, hearing, touch- and transmit to CNS.
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Sensory Neurons
________: detect information from the outside world or internal body conditions.
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Trend toward cephalization
increasingly complex brain in the head
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Insects
Drosophila
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Well
developed brain with subdivisions
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CNS
brain and nerve cord
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PNS
all neurons that are outside of the CNS
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Somatic nervous system
primary function to sense external environment and control skeletal muscles
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Autonomic nervous system
regulates homeostasis and organ function
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Involuntary
usually cannot be consciously controlled
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Brainstem
medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain
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Frontal lobe
conscious thought and social awareness
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Parietal lobe
receives and interprets sensory input from visual pathways and somatic pathways
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Occipital lobe
vision and color recognition
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Temporal lobe
language, hearing, and some types of memory
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Corpus callosum
connects the cerebral hemispheres
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Left hemisphere
understanding language and producing speech
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Right hemisphere
nonverbal memories, recognizing faces
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amygdala
understand and remember emotional situations, recognize emotional expressions in others
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hippocampus
establish memories for spatial locations, facts, and sequences of events
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Sensory Neurons
detect information from the outside world or internal body conditions
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Afferent neurons
transmit to CNS
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Motor Neurons
send signals away from CNS (efferent neurons) to elicit response
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Interneurons or Association Neurons
form interconnections between other neurons
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