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Nervous System Ch 50. The brain & friends. Purpose. Communication Relays _______ ______ changes inside and out. Basic Cell. ______ Sends signals called impulses. 3 types of neurons. ______: eye to brain Motor: Brain-spine-muscles ________: Connects the other Two. Neuron Parts.
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Nervous SystemCh 50 The brain & friends
Purpose • Communication • Relays _______ • ______ changes inside and out
Basic Cell • ______ • Sends signals called impulses
3 types of neurons • ______: eye to brain • Motor: Brain-spine-muscles • ________: Connects the other Two
Neuron Parts • ____
_____ ______
Myelin _____ • Made by _______ cells • conducts impulses _____ • Increases w/ smarts • _____ substance
______ Potential • Na+ is allowed in
Threshhold • Strength of a ________ to cause a response • Ex. toilet flush model
Synapse • Information passage • _______ signals • _________ _________
Divisions of the Nervous system • _______ NS • Brain & spinal cord • ________ NS • Everything else • ______ to CNS and Efferent
Brain (preview page) • Parts • ________ • Cerebral cortex • ________ • Brain stem
Cerebrum • _____ part • All _______ activity • Intelligence, learning…
4 lobes • ______ • Parietal • _______ • occipital
2 hemispheres • L&R control ______ side of body
cerebral cortex • Outer layer • “____ matter”
Cerebellum • ____________ • Learning a new physical activity difficult
Brain Stem • Connects to _____ cord • Reptilian brain
Medulla ________ • Involuntary functions • Breathing, _______, heart rate, coughing
Thalamus • Sensory ______ • ______ is only ________
___________ • Hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, temperature
Brain Function • Cerebral cortex • Locations of specifics • Wilder Penfield
Brain Waves • Electroencephalogram (EEG) • Weak ______ signals
Sleep • Lowest level of brain activity • Brain needs 5-9 hours, body-3 hours
Memory • Long-term/short term • _____ stick best • More ______ better
Motor Division a part of the ________ NS • _______ nervous system • ________nervous system (smooth muscle control)
Reflexes • ______ arch -sensor, motor, effector muscles work w/out brain
Sensory Division (preview page) • Sight • _______ • Smell • _______ • Touch
Vision • Light image sensing • _ layers in eyes
Outer layer • ______- whites- maintains shape & attatches muscle • ______ -light entry
Middle layer • Anterior chamber • ________ humor
Middle layer • Iris- gives eye _____ • Holds blood vessels • Regulates ____ size
Middle layer • Pupil- black ______ for light entry
Middle layer • Lens- ______ behind pupil bends light for focus
Middle layer • ______ chamber- filled with vitreous humor (Liquid)
Inner Layer • ______- with ____________ makes images
Inner Layer • Cones- ______ • _____- b&w
Hearing • _________ • Sense Pitch & volume
_______ (hammer) • ______ (anvil) • ______ (stirrup)
Balance Semicircular Canal • ______ ______ stones for balance
Smell • _________ are cause • Not much is known about it
Taste • Taste buds- 4 types • _____, salty, _____, bitter • Related to smell