The spinal cord is part of which division of the nervous system?
The Central Nervous System
The Peripheral Nervous system is made up of what two divisions?
The Motor/Efferent division and the Sensory/Afferent division.
What is the inner layer of the eye that houses photoreceptors?
What part of the brain is known as the mini brain?
The cerebellum
Review! The spinal cord exits the skull through the ____.
What is the foreman magnum?
What division is involuntary?
Autonomic Nervous System
What lobe of the brain houses the visual processing center?
What is the Occipital lobe
Carries impulse from skin, skeletal muscles, and joints to the brain
What are Sensory/Afferent Neurons
What are the membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord?
This lobe houses the auditory center.
What is the Temporal Lobe
Conscious control of skeletal muscles is controlled by what?
Somatic Nervous system
These receptors detect pain.
What are the 4 parts of the brain?
The cerebrum, the cerebellum, the diencephalon, and the brain stem.
The part of the spinal cord that determines if someone is a quadriplegic or paraplegic.
What is the brachial plexus?
The nerves send impulses from the CNS to the body.
What is efferent nerves?
What sense is NOT considered a special sense?
Touch
The part of the brain that controls body temperature
What is the hypothalamus?