PSYC 4034 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neurotransmitter, Scotoma, Myelin
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Overview of the nervous system: cns, brain, spinal cord, pns, cranial nerves, spinal nerves, divided based on where they leave the cns, more defined outline, pic # 1, the autonomic nervous system is thought of a as a motor system, the motor portion of the somatic controls skeletal muscles, the autonomic controls glands, smooth and cardiac muscle, striated muscles a. k. a. skeletal, motor is more conscious control and autonomic is unconscious control, the extra pyramidal system regulates the axial muscles in the body (closer to the trunk of the body, maintains posture and basic locomotion, the pyramidal nervous system is the oldest evolutionarily and the 1st to develop in infants, controls distal muscle groups, extremities and facial muscles, necessary for learned/skilled motor actions like writing or typing, develops later, neurons are pyramidal or extra pyramidal based on where they leave the brain, the sensory system.
