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The nervous system

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Total cards: 13•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Two components of the CNS

Back (Answer)

Spinal chord Brain

#2
Front (Question)

Four main areas of the brain

Back (Answer)

Cerebrum Cerebellum Diencephalon Brain Stem

#3
Front (Question)

Function of the cerebrum

Back (Answer)

• Largest part - Divided into: frontal lobe (speech), occipital lobe (visual)

#4
Front (Question)

Function of the cerebellum

Back (Answer)

• Controls motor and balance skills - Abnormalities can result in problems such as epilepsy

#5
Front (Question)

Function of the diencephalon

Back (Answer)

Divided into Thalamus (relay station for impulses) and hypothalamus (regulates temp, hunger)

#6
Front (Question)

Function of the brain stem

Back (Answer)

• Regulates automatic functions: breathing, heart beat

#7
Front (Question)

The peripheral nervous system’s two parts:

Back (Answer)

Somatic and Autonomic

#8
Front (Question)

Function of somatic

Back (Answer)

Made up of twelve pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves. These nerves have sensory and motor neurons

#9
Front (Question)

Function of autonomic

Back (Answer)

Regulates involuntary actions

#10
Front (Question)

Autonomic two parts

Back (Answer)

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

#11
Front (Question)

Function of the sympathetic

Back (Answer)

Fight or flight. Neurons travel from the SNS to organs and glands. SNS causes the body to release stored energy.

#12
Front (Question)

Effects on the SNS: Sympathetic

Back (Answer)

• Increased pupil size • Increased heart rate • Increased breathing rate • Bronchi dilate • Glycogen converted to glucose

#13
Front (Question)

Function of the parasympathetic

Back (Answer)

Relaxes an individual after emergency. Rest and Digest