Veterinary nervous system

  1. functions?
    • sensory output info coming in
    • processing, deciding what to do with it
    • motor output, action
  2. neurons never _______, what is the space between them called?
    touch, synapses
  3. processes smells
    olfactory bulbs
  4. responsible for emotion, awareness and  thought
    cerebrum
  5. cerebellum
    coordination, posture, balance
  6. interbrain?
    thalamus (relay station) and hypothalamus(hunger thirst)
  7. three parts of the brain stem are?
    midbrain, pons and the medulla
  8. forelimb
    brachial plexus radial nerve
  9. hind limb
    lumbrosacral- sciatic nerve
  10. protection of brain and spinal cord? (4)
    • bone
    • meninges
    • cerebrospinal fluid
    • blood brain barrier
  11. three meninx?
    dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater
  12. a very tough to drug membrane due to non leaking capillaries
    blood/brain barrier
  13. classifications
    • anatomical
    • direction of impulse
    • functional
  14. central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.
    anatomical classification
  15. afferent(_____) and efferent (_____) nervous systems
    • sensory, motor.
    • direction of impulse
  16. somatic=
    autonomic=
    sympathetic=
    parasympathetic=
    • conscious actions
    • unconscious actions
    • fight/flight
    • rest/restore
  17. reflex arc
    allows you to react quickly in order to preserve the body
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Veterinary nervous system
Description
nervous system
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