S W 327 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Traumatic Brain Injury, Occipital Lobe, Parietal Lobe
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Instrumental in many functions of the cns locomotor activity cardiovascular reactions, pituitary function, and anxiety diagnoses. Also distributed through the brain and other body tissues: peptides opioids play an important role in activities ranging from moderating pain to causing sleepiness. Provides the structure and processes for communicating sensory, perceptual, and autonomically generated information throughout the body. Regulates the secretion of hormones through a feedback control mechanism. Pituitary, testes, ovaries, adrenal, pancreas, thymus, pineal, and thyroid. Mobilizes body resources to attack foreign (exterior) elements. Brain sends signals to spinal cord which send messages to the body by way of the pns. Spleen: filters out antigens, removes old blood cells. Thymus secretes hormone to trigger development of t cells. The heart pumps and pushes blood out to the rest of the body. Supports and protects the body and its organs provides motion. Muscles contract and provide movement and bones provide body structure.
