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| What is the body's speedy electrochemical communication network? |
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| What is made up of the brain and spinal cord? |
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| The sensory and motor neurons the CNS to the rest of the body? |
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| The Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Carries information to the CNS |
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| Carries information away from the CNS |
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| Neurons that communicate inside the CNS |
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| What part of the PNS controls voluntary muscles? |
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| What part of the PNS controls involuntary movements, such as heartbeat? |
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| What is the part of the ANS that arouses the body, getting ready for stress?? |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| Part of the ANS that calms the body |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| It is responsible for ANS; oldest part of the brain |
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| Controls heartbeat and breathing |
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| Plays an important role in arousal |
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| Associated with emotions; includes the hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala |
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| Linked to anger and aggressiveness |
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| Directs maintenance (hunger, thirst, etc.) |
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| a thin layer of interconnected neurons that cover the hemispheres; ultimate information processing center |
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| Involved in speaking and muscle movements |
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| Receives sensory input for touch |
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| Recieves sensory input for sight |
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| Recieves sensory input for sound |
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| In the frontal lobe, directs the muscle movements involved in speech |
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| Involved in language comprehension |
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