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