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BIO 301 Exam 1 questions with answers
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Nervous systems general function - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔coordinate and control |\ |\




Nervous system is the transmission of - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔electrochemical signals |\ |\




What are the 3 main things the nervous system does? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. senses what is happening in
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the external and internal environment
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2. determines if that stimulus is important. if it's
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important then how best to respond to it
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3. coordinates appropriate body systems to cause the
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appropriate response |\




Two part of the nervous sysetm - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔central nervous system and peripheral nervous
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system


Central nervous system consists of - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔brain and spinal cord |\ |\ |\

,Peripheral Nervous System are what - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ANSWERS ✔✔nerved that go from the brain and spinal
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cord to the rest of the body
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What are the two components of the peripheral nervous
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system? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-somatic NS
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-autonomic NS |\




somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the
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division of the peripheral nervous system that controls
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the body's skeletal muscles
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autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the
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glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as
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the heart). Its sympathetic division arouses; its
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parasympathetic division calms. |\ |\




Sensory input function - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- mostly
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in PNS
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- sensory receptors detect change occurring in the
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surroundings and then transmit impulse to the CNS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Sensory impulse is carried on - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔afferent/ascending neuron |\

,Integrative function of the nervous system - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Makes the decision as to what needs to be
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done. "thinking"., CNS translates into sensation or
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thought.


Integration occurs in the - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔interneurons


Two divisions of the motor function - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔-somatic NS |\




-autonomic NS |\




Autonomic NS divisions - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔sympathetic and parasympathetic |\ |\




sympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses
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the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations
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parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔the division of the autonomic nervous system that
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calms the body, conserving its energy
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, Types of effectors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔muscles and
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glands


Motor impulse is carried on a - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔efferent/descending neuron |\




General functions of the nervous system - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔-subconsciously regulate your internal
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environment by neural means |\ |\ |\ |\




-experience emotions |\




-voluntarily control your movements |\ |\ |\




-be consciously aware of your own body and surroundings
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-engage in other higher cognitive processes as thought
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and memory|\




Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A neural |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several
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maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
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Thalamus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the brain's sensory
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switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it directs|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex
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and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla
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