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WorksheetsYear 10 Forensic Psychology Brain and NS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Two subdivisions off the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) are?
The brain and the spinal cord
Sympathetic nervous system and Parasympathetic nervous system
Sensory neurons and Motor neurons
Somatic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System
The somatic nervous system is:
Responsible for INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT and relays information from the environment to the CNS and relays information from the environment to the CNS so the brain is able to make decisions about behaviour.
Responsible for INVOLUNTARY muscle stimulation which includes the stimulation of our organs such as heart, digestive tract and glands.
Responsible for VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT and relays information from the environment to the CNS and relays information from the environment to the CNS so the brain is able to make decisions about behaviour.
Responsible for VOLUNTARY muscle stimulation which includes the stimulation of our organs such as heart, digestive tract and glands.
The sympathetic nervous system:
Is our emergency nervous system that helps us calm down after a fright
Calms us back down and reverts the body back to normal functioning or homeostasis
Is our emergency NS when we perceive that we are in danger or in times of stress. It initiates the fight, flight or freeze response.
Is our emergency NS when we perceive that we are in danger or in times of stress and reverts the body back to normal functioning or homeostasis
What parts of the human body are involved in the flight, fight, freeze response?
Legs, arms, heart
Feet, hands, hormone glands
Pupils, heart, intestine, bladder, saliva glands
Pupils, hormone glands, arms, legs
