Nervous System PDF
Nervous System PDF
Nervous System PDF
SYSTEM
OUTLINE
•Central nervous system
• Parts and functions
•Peripheral nervous system
• Parts and functions
•Activity: Break it Down!
•Diseases of the nervous system
NERVOUS SYSTEM
•The command center of the body
•The body system comprised of a complex network of pathways coordinating and
communicating with each other, enabling us to interact with the things around us
•Made up of nerve cells (neurons)
FUNCTIONS
•Sensory Input
•Integration
•Motor output
DIVISIONS
•Central Nervous System
•Brain and spinal cord
•Peripheral nervous system
•Cranial nerves
•Spinal nerves
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM
•Consists of the brain and spinal cord, which act as integration and command center of
the body
•Interprets sensory information and directs instructions based on previous experiences
and/or current condition/s
A system of the body that
receives and processes all
information from all parts of the
body. It is consists of the brain
and spinal cord.
THE BRAIN
• Located within the cranium (skull)
• Made up of more than one hundred billion nerves
• Bumps - Gyri | Grooves - Sulci
• divided into two hemispheres, connected by the Corpus Callosum
• Parts
• Forebrain
• Midbrain Brainstem
• Hindbrain
CEREBRAL CORTEX
•The biggest part of the brain
•Controls senses, imagination, and thoughts
• Functions:
• Thought - Reasoning
• Voluntary movement - Attitude
• Language - Intelligence
• Perception
FOREBRAIN
•Cerebrum - largest portion, thought and action
Objectivity Imagination
Logic Creativity
Reasoning Emotion
Math/Scientific Subjectivity
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SCHWANN
CELL
NODE OF AXON
NUCLEUS RANVIER
NEURON: PARTS
DENDRITE - RECEIVES IMPULSES FROM OTHER NEURONS
Soma- cell’s maintenance
Schwann cell - myelinates the axons of the neuron
Myelin sheath - covers the axons, speeds up impulse
Node of ranvier - Saltatory action of sent signals
axon - sends messages away from the some to other cells
DIVISIONS OF PNS
•Somatic Nervous System
•Autonomic Nervous System
SOMATIC NS (SONS)
associated with the voluntary control of the body movements
Main Parts
•Spinal Nerves - carry motor and sensory signals between the spinal cord and the body
•Cranial Nerves - fibers that carry information into and out of the brain stem
AUTONOMIC NS (ANS)
associated with the involuntary control of the body movements
Divisions:
Parasympathetic - maintains body functions and restores the body to normal or relaxed mode
•Sympathetic - activated when the body is in a dynamic role or stress