Nervous System & Special Senses

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Front Back
Gathers information, goes to integration. Monitor changes in & out of the body
Sensory Input
Is sensory input afferent or efferent?
Afferent
Motor output sends information to receptors or effectors?
Effectors
Response to inegrated stimuli. Response activates muscles or glands (effectors)
Motor Output
3 Effectors
muscles, glands, organs
Analyzes sensory input and decide if action is needed.
Integration
CNS contains: (name 2 )
Brain & spinal cord
PNS
Nerve OUTSIDE the CNS
Nerve fibers that carry information to the CNS (brain & spinal cord)
Sensory (afferent)
Nerve fibers that carry information away from CNS
Motor
Somatic & Autonomic are apart of sensory or motor division?
Motor
Somatic Nervous System (name 2 things)
- Voluntary- Skeletal
Autonomic Nervous System (name 2 things)
-involuntary-cardiac & fluid muscle
2 branches of Autonomic Nervous System
Sympathetic & Parasympathetic
Mobilizes body during extreme situations, or stress (fight or flight)
Sympathetic