Health and Social Care Unit 4 - Control and Regulatory system - The Brain

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Carry messages to sensory organs, such as pain
Sensory Neuron
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Carry messages from central nervous system to the tissues, muscles
Motor Neuron
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This system prepares the body for action
Sympathetic system
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This does the opposite, returns the body back to its resting state
Parasympathetic System
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These are the two main parts of the brain
Cerebral Hemisphere
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Carries out many functions - emotions, decision making, speech, language and memory
Frontal Lobes
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Detects changes in blood chemistry, temperature, regulates apatite and sexual hormones
Hypothalamus
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This is an area that is mapped with precise functions for various areas
Cerebellum Cortex
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Most basic part of the brain - controls swallowing, breathing and heart rhythm
Medulla
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The outside layer of the brain, its protected by a triple layer of tough membrane
Meninges
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Carry messages from central nervous system to the tissues, muscles

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Motor Neuron

Card 3

Front

This system prepares the body for action

Back

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Card 4

Front

This does the opposite, returns the body back to its resting state

Back

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Card 5

Front

These are the two main parts of the brain

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