LearningCurve: 3b. Nervous System
Unlike the somatic nervous system, a person cannot voluntarily control the _____ nervous system
Autonomic
Patients with damage at a certain point of the spinal cord lose sensation and abilities in body parts _____ the level of the injury
Below
Javier has been feeling very lethargic lately and the doctors think he may have a thyroid problem. They told him the problem could be originating in his brain or at the gland. If it is beginning in his brain, it is coming from his _____ nervous system
Central
Eddie has been feeling very lethargic lately and the doctors think he may have a thyroid problem. They told him the problem could be originating in his brain or at the gland. If it is beginning in his brain, it is coming from his _____ nervous system, and if it is beginning in his gland, it is coming from his _____ nervous system
Central; peripheral
Sammy lost his balance and accidentally placed his hand on the hot wood stove to steady himself. In order for Sammy to retract his hand, the
Pain signal must travel to the spinal cord and a response will be generated
Yu Lin is walking down the street by herself at night and thinks she hears footsteps behind her. Her sympathetic nervous system activates, but when she realizes the sound was just rustling leaves, her _____ nervous system begins to calm her down
Parasympathetic
When Nick reaches for his fork to take a bite of his pasta, he can consciously do so because he is using the _____ nervous system
Somatic
When spinal reflexes occur, interneurons relay sensory input to the motor neurons in the _____ and fast contractions can then occur
Spinal Cord
_____ are simple pathways in the nervous system that rapidly generate muscle contractions
Spinal Reflexes
Damage to the _____ influences the ability of the brain to receive information from the senses and direct movement
spinal cord