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NERVOUS SYSTEM & SPECIAL SENSES

NERVOUS SYSTEM & SPECIAL SENSES. By: Alyce Baughman and Jessica Woodruff Period 3. FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM. -Main function is to control the operation and movements of the body based on the sensory information it gathers, both internally and externally. FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:

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NERVOUS SYSTEM & SPECIAL SENSES

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  1. NERVOUS SYSTEM & SPECIAL SENSES • By: Alyce Baughman and Jessica Woodruff • Period 3

  2. FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM -Main function is to control the operation and movements of the body based on the sensory information it gathers, both internally and externally FUNCTIONS INCLUDE: -To maintain your consciousness -To help you respond to your senses -To help coordinate what you sense and feel -To allow learning and memory -To control other body systems

  3. NEURON -Includes a cell body, dendrites, and an axon -Dendrites and the cell body provide receptive surfaces -Axon arises from the cell body and can be enclosed in a myelin sheath and a neurilemma -Either multipolar, bipolar, or unipolar

  4. SYNAPSE -Junction between 2 neurons -Presynaptic neuron carries an impulse into a synapse; post-synaptic neuron responds -Axons have synaptic knobs at distal ends, which secrete neurotransmitters -Neurotransmitter released when nerve impulse reaches end of axon-Neurotransmitter reaching the postsynaptic neuron membrane may trigger nerve impulse

  5. STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN -Composed of100 billion multi-polar neurons -Multi-polar neurons communicate with one another and with neurons in other parts of nervous system -Subdivided into the cerebrum, diencephalon, brainstem, and cerebellum

  6. FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN

  7. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM(CNS) -Nerves of the brain and spinal cord -Central core of the body

  8. PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -Cranial nerves arising from the brain -Spinal nerves arising from the spinal cord -Sensory neurons running from stimulus receptors that inform the CNS of the stimuli -Motor neurons running from the CNS to the muscles and glands, called effectors, that take action.

  9. CNS AND PNS

  10. CENTRAL VERSES PERIPHERAL

  11. AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM -Functions independently(autonomously) and without conscious effort -Regulates the visceral activities that maintain homeostasis -Reflexes controlled from the nerve centers in the brain and spinal cord

  12. SUB-LEVELS Sympathetic Parasympathetic -Responds to stressful and emergency conditions -Leave the spinal cord and synapse in paravertebral ganglia -Most active under ordinary conditions -Begin in the brainstem and sacral region of the spinal cord and synapse in ganglia near viscera

  13. SOMATIC SENSES -Senses we feel with our bodies -Include sensations of touch and pressure, pain and temperature, and our muscle senses (proprioception) Example: If you feel someone touch your arm or face

  14. SENSE OF TASTE & SMELL -The perception of chemicals in the air or in our food -Tastants, chemicals in foods, are detected by taste buds -Taste buds consist of special sensory cells -When stimulated, these cells send signals to specific areas of the brain, which make us conscious of the perception of taste. -Specialized cells in the nose pick up odorants, airborne odor molecules -Odorants stimulate receptor proteins found on hairlike cilia at the tips of the sensory cells -Initiates a neural response. *Ultimately, messages about taste and smell converge, allowing us to detect the flavors of food*

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