Nervous System Part #1
Are sensory receptors located in one part of the body or numerous parts of the body?
Numerous parts of the body.
What does the CNS (central nervous system) compose of?
Brain and spinal cord.
What is an effector?
Muscles or muscle glands
What is sarcolemma?
Plasma membrane.
Afferent
To go toward.
The somatic nervous system is also known as the?
Voluntary nervous system.
The autonomic nervous system is also commonly known as the?
Involuntary nervous system.
What do motor neurons do for your muscles?
Send neurons that deliver impulses from the brain to the muscles.
What are myofilaments (myfm)?
Filaments composing of myfi.
What does adipo- mean?
Fat.
The parasympathetic nervous system inhibits?
Rest and digest.
What does the autonomic nervous system regulate?
Involuntary events (activity of cardiac/smooth muscle glands).
What is neuromuscular junction?
Where a motor neuron and a muscle fiber come together.
What two types of myfi is there?
Actin and myosin.
What is osteo?
Bone.
The sympathetic nervous system stimulates?
What are spinal nerves?
Nerves carrying impulses to and from the spinal cord.
A muscle fiber is another word for?
A muscle cell.
Broken Bone that is penetrating through the skin.
How do you shortly define Long Bone?
LB.
What are cranial nerves?
Nerves carrying impulses to and from the brain.
What is stimuli?
Changes occurring inside or outside of the body.
What is acetylocholine?
The neurotransmitters that motor neurons use to "tell" skeletal muscles to contract.
Is a sutures joint immovable, slightly movable or freely movable?
Immovable.
What is the peripheral nervous system shortened as?
PNS.