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Neuron: Nerve
Cell
Basic
structural unit
nervous system
Consists of:
nucleus
nerve fibers /dentrites
axon
Nerves
Sensory
Nerves:
Nerves:
Connecting
Nerves:
or Mixed
Divisions of CNS
CNS
- central nervous
system:
consists of brain and
spinal cord
Peripheral
System
Nervous
Central Nervous
System
1.
Brain:
C. Cerebrum
Largest
section of the
brain
Responsible for:
reasoning, thought,
memory, speaking,
sensstion, sight, hearing,
voluntary body movement
D. Cerebellum
Responsible
for:
coordination of
muscles, balance,
posture, & muscle tone
E. Midbrain
Responsible
for:
conducting impulses
between brain parts
certain eye reflexes
Pons
Responsible
for:
conducting messages to
other parts of the brain
Reflex actions such as
chewing, production of
saliva
Lowest
G. Medulla
Oblongata
2. Spinal Cord
Goes
3. Meninges
Consists
of 3
membranes
Covers and protects
the brain and spinal
cord
Three Membranes
C.
Dura mater
Arachnoid membrane
Pia mater
4. Ventricles
Four
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Circulates
continuously
Serves as shock
absorber to protect
brain and spinal cord
Carries
nurients to parts
of brain and spinal cord
helps remove metabolic
products & wastes
after circulation,
absorbed into the blood
vessels of the dura mater.
Peripheral Nervous
System
Made
of all nerves
outside the brain and
spinal cord
Consists of cranial and
spinal nerves
A. Cranial Nerves
12
B. Spinal Nerves
31
31
spinal nerves:
8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccygeal
3. Autonomic
Nervous System
Helps
maintain a balance
in involuntary functions
of the body. But allows
the body to react in
times of emergency.
2 divisions of ANS
Sympathetic
Parasympathe
acts in
emergency
counter acts
the
sympathetic
ns after the
emergency
nervous
system
tic
SNS
increase heart
rate
increase resp.
rate
increase b/p
decrease
digestive
system activity
PNS
decrease heart
rate
decrease resp.
rate
decrease b/p
increase
digestive
system activity