PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2,3,5: Somatic Nervous System, Entorhinal Cortex, Autonomic Nervous System
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Neuroplasticity: change in the nervous system (physical or chemical change) Phenotypic plasticity: the individual"s capacity to develop into more than one phenotype. Peripheral nervous system: somatic nervous somatic and autonomic nervous system. Somatic nervous system: spinal and cranial nerves (carrying info to cns from muscles) Autonomic nervous system: balances body"s internal organs (parasympathetic and. First thing you see when you open the skull: Dura mater (tough double layer encloses brain and spinal cord) Arachnoid (cid:523)thin sheet of connective tissues, follows brain"s contours(cid:524) Cerebrospinal fluid (colourless solutions of sodium chloride, cushions brain so it can move and expand) Pia mater (moderately tough membrane, connective tissue cling to brains surface) Temporal lobe (connection with hearing, language and music abilities) **thumb. Frontal lobe (cid:523)brain"s (cid:498)executive(cid:499) functions, decision making(cid:524) **fingers. Parietal lobe (directing movements towards goal, performing task) **knuckles. Three major arteries send blood to cerebrum to (anterior, middle and posterior)
