BIOD 152 Module 1
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BIOD 152 Module 1
- The nervous system
Answer: receives information, processes information, and sends out signals to the muscles and glands to elicit an appropriate response
- What is nervous tissue responsible for and how does it do it?
Answer: Communication between the cells of the body by forming a system of electrical impulses
- What are the two main divisions of the human nervous system?
Answer: The Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
4. The central nervous system includes:
Answer: the brain and spinal cord
- Nuclei
Answer: Collections of cell bodies inside the central nervous system
- Tracts
Answer: the collection of nerve axons in the central nervous system
- The peripheral nervous system includes:: cranial nerves and spinal nerves
Answer: all nerves not in the brain or spinal cord
- brainstem regions
Answer: the midbrain, pons, and medulla
- Cranial nerves project from the .
Answer: brainstem
- Spinal nerves project from .
Answer: either side of the spinal cord
- What do cranial nerves generally innervate?
Answer: the face, head, and neck
- What do spinal nerves innervate?
Answer: trunk and limbs
- Ganglia
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Answer: Collections of cell bodies inside the peripheral nervous system