Evolution of the Nervous System

What is the function of the nervous system? To receive information from a sensory neuron To process info. by the brain & spinal cord To respond by an effectors (muscle/gland)

The basic unit of the nervous system = neuron?

Dendrites

receive stimuli Nerve cell body Axon transmits the impulse to another dendrite

Axon ending: terminal bud

Transfers the

electrical nerve impulse By chemical neurontransmitters From one neuron to the next

Two connecting neurons:

Axon ending
Impulse direction

Dendrite of new neuron Axon

Cell Body

REVIEW.
What is the name of the nerve cell ?

What are the 3 functions of the

nervous system? Does the stimulus travel one- way or down the neuron in two directions?

Parts of the Nervous system

Central Nervous system
Peripheral Nervous system Sympathetic Parasympathetic

Central Nervous system

Brain and spinal cord
Coordinates and

integrates information Processing center

Sympathetic Nervous system

Fight or Flight
Maintains homeostasis

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Rest and digest

REVIEW: The Autonomic Nervous System...

Automatic

Two parts:

parasympathetic & sympathetic Which is fight or flight response ? Which is ordinary involuntary body functions ?

The real thing . . . . . . . .