WELCOME TO A&P UNIT 7
CNS = Central Nervous System PNS = Peripheral Nervous System Question: What is autonomic nervous system ( ANS)?
Regulates involuntary functions of the body Consists of the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic system Ganglia = special structures which connect preganglionic and postganglionic neurons Question: What is the main function of sympathetic nervous system?
A place where impulse is transmitted between two neurons Question: What are neurotransmitters?
PNS (PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM) CONSISTS OF CRANIAL AND SPINAL NERVES
Neuritis = nerve inflammation Neuralgia = nerve pain Bell’s palsy = face asymmetry, when 7 th cranial nerve is damaged ( facial nerve ) Herpes zoster = shingles Question: What causes shingles?
Twelve pairs of nerves Connect brain with the structures in thorax and abdomen Question: What are spinal nerves?
Task: Color code these lobes: Temporal lobe Frontal lobe Parietal Occipital
1. BRAINSTEM * Medulla oblongata * Pons * Midbrain 2. CEREBELLUM 3. DIENCEPHALON * Hypothalamus * Thalamus 4. CEREBRUM
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