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    The nervous system is comprised of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord and controls and commands most functions of the body and mind by receiving sensory input and integrating information to control muscles and glands. The peripheral nervous system transmits signals between the central nervous system and other parts of the body through nerves. Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system and transmit nerve impulses through electrical and chemical signals at synapses to carry out functions like sensation and movement.

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    The nervous system is comprised of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord and controls and commands most functions of the body and mind by receiving sensory input and integrating information to control muscles and glands. The peripheral nervous system transmits signals between the central nervous system and other parts of the body through nerves. Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system and transmit nerve impulses through electrical and chemical signals at synapses to carry out functions like sensation and movement.

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    The nervous system is comprised of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord and controls and commands most functions of the body and mind by receiving sensory input and integrating information to control muscles and glands. The peripheral nervous system transmits signals between the central nervous system and other parts of the body through nerves. Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system and transmit nerve impulses through electrical and chemical signals at synapses to carry out functions like sensation and movement.

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    The nervous system is comprised of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord and controls and commands most functions of the body and mind by receiving sensory input and integrating information to control muscles and glands. The peripheral nervous system transmits signals between the central nervous system and other parts of the body through nerves. Neurons are the basic unit of the nervous system and transmit nerve impulses through electrical and chemical signals at synapses to carry out functions like sensation and movement.

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    NERVOUS SYSTEM

    Nervous System – power house  Reticular formation – important  Nerves to face


    in regulating cyclical motor  Ganglia
     Receiving sensory input
    functions.  Nerves to upper limb
     Integrating information
    Diencephalon  Nerves to lower limb
     Controlling muscles and glands
     Maintaining homeostasis
     Thalamus – maintain sensory
     Maintaining mental activity relay center. Neurons – nerve cell; basic unit of the
     Epithalamus – play a role in NS.
    A. Central Nervous System sexual maturation.
    Controls/commands most
     Hypothalamus – maintain  Cell body – source of
    function of the body and mind. information
    homeostasis.
    Receives sensory input.  Axon – single long process
     Brain Motor Division  Dendrites – receives
     Spinal cord – conduction information
     Somatic NS – regulates
    pathway as a reflex center.
    voluntary activities and control Note: important for transmitting nerve
     Knee-jerk reflex –
    reflexes. impulses.
    occurs when the
     Autonomic NS – regulates
    quadriceps femoris Types:
    activities that are not under
    muscle is stretched.
    conscious control.  Multipolar Neurons – have
     Withdrawal reflex –
     Sympathetic NS – many dendrites and a single
    removes a body part
    prepares the body for axon.
    from a painful stimulus.
    “fight or flight”  Bipolar Neurons – one dendrite
    Brainstem contains several nuclei: responses. and one axon.
     Parasympathetic NS –  Pseudo-unipolar Neurons –
     Medulla Oblongata – contains “rest and digest” active
    nuclei that control activities single process extending from
    during restful periods. the cell body.
    such as breathing, and balance. B. Peripheral Nervous System
     Pons – contains relay nuclei bet. A. Sensory neurons – carry
    Transmits action potential to the impulses from sense organs e.g
    The cerebrum and cerebellum. CNS. Consists of all the
     Midbrain – involved in hearing eyes.
    nervous tissue outside CNS.
    and in visual reflexes.
    B. Motor neurons – carry impulses
    to muscles and glands.
    Glial Cell – cell that supports and
    protects neurons. Maintain normal
    conditions within nervous tissue.
    Myelin sheaths – specialized layers that
    wrap around the axons.
    Nervous Tissue consists of:
     Gray matter – forms the cortex
    and nuclei in the brain and
    ganglia in the PNS.
     White matter – forms nerve
    tracts in the CNS and nerves in
    the PNS.
    Resting membrane potential – is set by
    leak ion channels and the sodium-
    potassium pump.
    Action potentials – occurs when the
    charge across the cell membrane is
    briefly reversed.
    Synapse – is a point of contract bet.
    Two neurons or bet. A neuron and
    another cell.

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