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Analgesics-concept lab Question and answers rated A+ Analgesics-concept lab Somatosensory system - correct answer sensory network that monitors the surface of the body and its movements the nervous system consists of two parts - correct answer central and peripheral CNS (central nervous ...

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Analgesics-concept lab
Somatosensory system - correct answer sensory network that monitors the surface of the body and its movements
the nervous system consists of two parts - correct answer central and peripheral
CNS (central nervous system) - correct answer brain and spinal cord
PNS (peripheral nervous system) - correct answer cranial nerves ( all the nerves outside of the brain) and
spinal nerves
what is the nervous system responsible for ? - correct answer the receipt of external stiumuli and for many of the bodys response responses to stimuli (pain) that include:
**glandular secretion
**musculoskeletal control
what is the fundamental unit of the nervous system - correct answer a nerve cell
the soma - correct answer cell body of a neuron- transmits information
the dendrites - correct answer Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information.
what does the somatosensory system include? - correct answer afferent and efferent neurons
afferent neurons - correct answer "SENSORY"
Nerve cells that carry impulses towards the central nervous system
efferent neurons - correct answer motor neurons *carry information from the central nervous system to the muscles ----helps control involuntary and voluntary movement and reflexes
peripheral nervous system includes what type of somatic receptors? - correct answer skin, muscles, and joints
there are nerve endings in the PNS that serve as the receptors for the following: - correct answer ***crude (non-localized) touch
***temperature
**nociceptive pain
when the somatic receptors receive sensory information what happens to the information? - correct answer transmitted to the spinal cord, and from the spinal cord to the brain
Neurotransmission - correct answer the process of transferring information from one neuron to another at a synapse
Synapse - correct answer the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron
presynaptic neuron - correct answer neuron that sends the impulse
postsynaptic neuron - correct answer neuron that receives the signal
synaptic cleft - correct answer gap between adjacent neurons
spinal cord - correct answer *carries sensory information to the brains, and motor information from the brain to the rest of the body
how many pairs of nerves does the spinal cord have? - correct answer 31 pairs
each pair has ascending and descending pathways that sends information

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