Cynthia
What system is response for lowering heartbeat?
parasympathetic nervous system
What system is part of the fight or flight reaction?
Sympathetic nervous system
What is the difference between Autonomic Nervous System and Somatic Nervous System?
Automatic control self-regulated action while Somatic control voluntary action
What part of the automic nervous system would interfere with calming you down through meditating before a test?
Parasympathetic
What two things does the peripheral nervous system connect?
central nervous system and the body
What system does not use voluntary actions?
Autonomic
What part of the nervous system does the spinal cord belong to?
Central Nervous System
Someone jump scares you triggering a flight, fight, or freeze response. Which part of the automatic nervous system is that reaction part of?
Sympathetic
When someone accidentally touches hot water, what kind of signal is sent?
reflex arc
What is the function of the Reflex Arc?
Signal is sent from a sensory organ to spinal cord without the brain interfering.
What is Reflex Arc?
sends signal from sensory organs to the spinal cord without any interfere from the brain
Which part of the nervous system is the automatic nervous system part of?
peripheral nervous system
What part of the brain does the sympathetic system had the same function to?
motor cortex
What two systems are involved in the PNS?
Autonomic and Somatic
If a person is suffering from stress or anxiety, what system is responsible for relieving it?
Parasympathetic nervous system
What differentiates the central nervous system from the peripheral nervous system?
The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system, while the peripheral nervous system consists of nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and reach every part of the body.
When you get nervous because of a competition, what has been triggered by signal?
- sympathetic nervous system
If A pushes B and B wants to fight back but he holds back, which two nervous systems are involved in the reaction?
Sympathetic Nervous System, Somatic
What would timmy do if he would see a bear, and what is responsible for it?
Fight flight, or freeze. Sympathetic system
If a person has damage to their peripheral nervous system, why might they experience both loss of sensation in certain areas and weakness or paralysis in specific muscles, and how does this differ from damage to the central nervous system?
Damage to the PNS affects sensory nerves causing loss of sensation and motor nerves leading to weakness or paralysis in specific areas. Unlike CNS damage, which impacts larger body regions and processing, PNS damage is more localized to the affected nerve.