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NervousSystemLabReport

AccordingtoHolesHumanAnatomyandPhysiology,thethreegeneralfunctionsofthe
nervoussystemarereceivinginformation,decidingwhattodo,andactingonthosedecisions.
Thosearetermedsensory,integrative,andmotor.Structurescalledsensoryreceptorsatthe
endsofneuronsintheperipheralnervoussystemprovidethesensoryfunctionofthenervous
system.Thesereceptorsgatherinformationbydetectingchangesinsideandoutsidethe
body.Theymonitorexternalenvironmentalfactorssuchaslightandsoundintensitiesaswell
asthetemperature,oxygenconcentration,andotherconditionsofthebodysinternal
environment.
Citedfrom
HolesHumanAnatomy&Physiology
book

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[Image3]
Image1.internalviewofasheepbrain:
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/626833516524470273

Image2.externalviewofsheepbrain:
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/626847861610381314

Image3.cranialviewofsheepbrain:
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/626847861610381314

Image1.

Image2.

Image3.

Image1.
ofcranialnervesbythenumbers
Image2.
ofthescalp,boneskull,superiorsagittal
sinusandgraymatterofcerebralcortex
Image3.
labeledneuroglia

CranialNerveAssessment
CranialNerves

NerveName

Assessment

Result

Olfactory

sniffvanilla

normal

II

Optic

Abilitytoread/vision

normal

III

Oculomotor

Observeeyelids

normal

IV

Trochlear

abilitytomove
eyeball

normal

Trigeminal

shinepenlighton
pupil

normal

VI

Abducens

touchingofcornea

normal

VII

Facial

facialexpressions

normal

VIII

Vestibulocochlear

equilibriumand
hearing

normal

IX

Glossopharyngeal

checkuvulaposition

normal

Vagus

tastenormal

normal

XI

Accessory

bothsideshave
equalstrength

normal

XII

Hypoglossal

stickouttongueand
retract

withinnormal

GraphofActionPotential

Imageshowsthecutaneous,obturatorandfemoral
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/631907697763024898

Imageshowstheulnar,median,radialandaxillarynerves.
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/631905957399494658

Imageshowsthesciatic,muscular,andtibialnerves
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/631869137668276224

Imageofthespinalcordnerves
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/631912183290134530

TheNervousSystem
Thenervoussystemisacollectionofnervesandspecializedcellsknownasneuronsthat
transmitsignalsbetweendifferentpartsofthebody.Neuronsarethebasicfunctionalunitsof
thenervoussystem.Theyhaveanumberofdifferentstructureswhichdistinguishthemfrom
anyothercellinthebody.Itisthebodyselectricalwiringbasically.Thenervoussystemhas
twocomponents:thecentralnervoussystemandtheperipheralnervoussystem.Thecentral
nervoussystemismadeupofthebrain,spinalcordandnerves.Theperipheralnervous
systemconsistsofsensoryneurons,gangliaandnervesthatconnecttooneanotherandto
thecentralnervoussystem.Thefunctionsconsistoftwomainsubdivisions:thesomatic,or
voluntary,componentandtheautonomic,orinvoluntary,component.Theautonomicnervous

systemregulatescertainbodyprocesses,suchasbloodpressureandtherateofbreathing,
thatworkwithoutconsciouseffort.

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