Psychology 2221B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Parietal Lobe, Midbrain Tectum, Diencephalon

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2221B
• Professor: Shelley Cross- Mellor

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Chapter 3 -the anatomy of the nervous system. The systems, structures, and cells that make up. ***please note for this test you are not responsible for the section on neuroanatomical techniques (l. o. However, this material will be covered in chapter 5 and you will be tested on it then. General layout of the nervous system: central nervous system (cns) Spinal cord: peripheral nervous system (pns) Located outside of the skull and spine. Serves to bring information into the cns and carry signals out of the cns. Peripheral nervous system: somatic (outside world, automatic. Bringing info in from the senses and carrying motor output to muscles. Sympathetic nervous system flight or flight response: automatically accelerates heart rate, breathing, dilates pupils, slows down digestion. Parasympathetic nervous system: automatically slows the body down after a stressful event, heart rate and breathing slow down, pupils constrict and digestion speeds up.