Nervous System II - 2

voluntary movements under orders from the cerebral cortex

motor coordination system

controls emotion and mood

• basal nuclei
• limbic system

• thalamus
• basal nuclei
• cerebellum

Pertains to the tract between the cerebral cortex and spinal cord. Carries orders for voluntary movements.

Spinal cord traact that carries impulses to the brain stem from the motor cortex. Carries orders for voluntary movements.

controls skeletal muscles

• - controls involuntary muscles (smooth muscles found in structures such as the blood vessels and airways and cardiac muscle)
• - controls physiological characteristics such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, digestion and sweating

controls the fight or flight response