PSYCH 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Amygdala, Cranial Nerves, Putamen
11 Jan 2017
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The peripheral nervous system is composed of: somatic nervous system - nerves connect brain with major muscles and sensory systems, autonomic nervous system - nerves connect to the viscera (internal organ) Everyone has 12 pair of cranial nerves spinal nerve cervical thoracic lumbar sacral coccygeal sympathetic nervous system - the part of the autonomic nervous system that acts as the. Ght or ight system, generally activating the body for action parasympathetic nervous system - the part of the autonomic nervous system that general prepares the body to relax and recuperate. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal chord. There are four major cortical regions of the cerebral hemispheres: frontal, parietal, temporal lobe, occipital lobe. Mostly receives and processes information white matter - a light-colored layer of axons, that lies underneath the grey matter of the cortex. Will become the thalamus and hypothalamus in adult brain.
