Nervous System Functions

process vision

process sound

integrate sensory information

abstract thinking and planning

process touch

planning & abstract thinking

process sound and speech

allows you to see

sends motor commands

allows you to see

allows you to hear

integrates sensory information

controls heart rate

directs sensory information

regulates body temperature

processes emotion

secretes hormones

processes fear & helps to avoid pain

transfers short-term memory to long-term

regulates hunger

the reward pathway

a fluid-filled area of the brain

bundle of white matter between hemispheres

where sensory information is relayed

Parasympathetic division.

Sympathetic division.

Fight or flight response.

Both b and c.

All of the above.

Dendrites

Axons

Cell bodies

Nissl bodies

May branch at their ends to form collateral axons.

Appear as single processes from each neuron.

Are often surrounded by a myelin sheath.

Carry action potentials away from the cell body.

All of the above.

Somatic nervous system.

Autonomic nervous system.

Sympathetic nervous system.

Parasympathetic nervous system.

None of the above.