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Summary MPBD: Brain basics & Nervous system
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This document contains a brief summary of the brain basics and nervous system powerpoints.
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1.
What is the function of afferent neurons?
Answer: They detect changes from the internal and external environment and send information to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).
2.
What is the function of efferent neurons?
Answer: These neurons send information from the brain via the spinal cord to the body and control muscles and glands.
3.
Where does the central nervous system consist of?
Answer: The brain and the spinal cord.
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Where does the peripheral nervous system consists of?
Answer: All the nerons present in the body exept for the brain and the spinal cord.
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Where does the somatic nervous system consist of?
Answer: The cranial and spinal nerves (sensory organs, muscles, joints, and skin). The somatic nervous system transmits incoming sensory information (vision, hearing, pain, temperature, touch, position, and movement of body parts).
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Where does the autonomic nervous system consist of?
Answer: This is divided into sympathetic and parasympathetic. The autonomic nervous system balances the body’s internal organs (heart, blood vessels, lungs, airways, intestines, etc).
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What part in the brain consists of blood vessels and neuronal cell bodies, and is organized in layers of nuclei?
Answer: Grey matter
8.
How does the central nervous system develop?
Answer: The brain originates from a tube, this tube bends, folds, and froms 3 parts called encephalon.
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Where is the brainstem composed of?
Answer: Midbrain, pons, and medulla.
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What are the functions of the medulla?
Answer: This part of the brain is associated with arousal, and basic life support, such as heartbeat and breathing.
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