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NERVOUS SYSTEM, THE BRAIN, AND THE SENSORY ORGANS
BY: 6TH GRADE
SCA STUDENTS
2017-18
MODIFIED FROM
COPYRIGHT © 2003
PEARSON EDUCATION,
INC. PUBLISHING AS
BENJAMIN CUMMINGS
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Functions of the Nervous System1. Sensory input – gathering information
• To monitor changes occurring inside and outside the body (changes = stimuli)
2. Integration –
• to process and interpret sensory input and decide if action is needed.
3. Motor output
• A response to integrated stimuli
• The response activates muscles or glands
Structural Classification of the Nervous System
• Central nervous system (CNS)
• Brain
• Spinal cord
• Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
• Nerve outside the brain and spinal cord
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Functional Classification of the PNS
• Sensory (afferent) division
• Nerve fibers that carry information to the CNS (spinal cord and brain)
• Motor (efferent) division
• Nerve fibers that carry impulses away from the CNS
• Motor (efferent) division
• Two subdivisions
• Somatic nervous system = voluntary
• Autonomic nervous system = involuntary
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Organization of the Nervous SystemNeuron (Nerve Cell) Anatomy❖ Neurons = nerve cells
➢ Cells specialized to transmit messages
❖ Major regions of neurons
• Cell body – nucleus and metabolic center of the cell
• Processes – fibers that extend from the cell
body (dendrites and axons)
❑ Cell body
➢ Nucleus
➢ Large nucleolus
❑ Extensions outside the
cell body
➢ Dendrites – conduct impulses
toward the cell body
➢ Axons – conduct impulses away
from the cell body
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Neuron Cell Body Location• Most are found in the central nervous system
• Gray matter – cell bodies and unmyelinated (not insulated) fibers
• Nuclei – clusters of cell bodies within the white matter of the CNS
• Ganglia – collections of cell bodies outside the CNS
Functional Classification of Neurons
• Sensory (afferent) neurons
• Carry impulses from the sensory receptors
• Cutaneous sense organs
• Proprioceptors – detect stretch
or tension
• Motor (efferent) neurons
• Carry impulses from the CNS
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The Reflex Arc• Reflex – rapid, predictable, and involuntary responses to stimuli
• Reflex arc – direct route from a sensory neuron, to an interneuron, to an effector
Simple Reflex Arc
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Types of Reflexes and Regulation• Autonomic reflexes
• Smooth muscle regulation
• Heart and blood pressure regulation
• Regulation of glands
• Digestive system regulation
• Somatic reflexes
• Activation of skeletal muscles
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Central Nervous System (CNS)• CNS develops from the embryonic neural tube
• The neural tube becomes the brain and spinal cord
• The opening of the neural tube becomes the ventricles (brain chambers)
• Four chambers within the brain
• Filled with cerebrospinal fluid
Regions of the Brain
o Cerebrum
o Cerebellum
o Brain stem
o Diencephalon
*each region is subdivided into lobes
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Cerebral Hemispheres (Cerebrum)• Paired (left and right) superior parts of the brain
• Include more than half of the brain mass
• The surface is made of ridges
(gyri) and grooves (sulci)
• Fissures (deep grooves) divide
the cerebrum into lobes
• Surface lobes of the cerebrum
• Frontal lobe
• Parietal lobe
• Occipital lobe
• Temporal lobe
• Somatic sensory area – receives
impulses from the body’s sensory
receptors
• Primary motor area – sends
impulses to skeletal muscles
• Broca’s area – involved in our
ability to speak
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Lobes of the Cerebrum
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Sensory and Motor Areas of the Cerebral Cortex
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Specialized Area of the Cerebrum• Interpretation areas of the cerebrum
• Speech/language region
• Language comprehension region
• General interpretation area
•Cerebral areas involved in special senses
•Gustatory area (taste)
•Visual area
•Auditory area
•Olfactory area
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Brain Stem• Attaches to the spinal cord
• Parts of the brain stem
• Midbrain, Pons, and
Medulla oblongata
Midbrain• Mostly composed of tracts
of nerve fibers
• Reflex centers for vision
and hearing
• Cerebral aquaduct
connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles to allow flow of cerebral fluid
Pons• The bulging center part of the brain stem, mostly composed of fiber tracts, that
includes nuclei involved in the control of breathing
Medulla Oblongata• The lowest part of the brain stem, that merges into the spinal cord, includes
important fiber tracts, and contains important control centers for…..
• Heart rate control, blood pressure regulation, breathing, swallowing, and vomiting
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Cerebellum• Two hemispheres with convoluted surfaces
• Provides involuntary coordination of body movements
Protection of the CNS• Scalp and skin
• Skull and vertebral column
• Meninges
• Cerebrospinal fluid
• Blood brain barrier
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Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)▪ Concussion
▪ Slight or mild brain injury
▪ Bleeding & tearing of nerve fibers happened
▪ Recovery likely with some memory loss
▪ Contusion
▪ A more severe TBI
▪ Nervous tissue destruction occurs
▪ Nervous tissue does not regenerate
▪ Cerebral edema
▪ Swelling from the inflammatory response
▪ May compress and kill brain tissue
▪ Cerebral edema
▪ Swelling from the inflammatory response
▪ May compress and kill brain tissue
▪ Subdural hematoma
▪ Collection of blood below the dura (this is a bruise on the brain)
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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)• Commonly called a stroke
• The result of a ruptured blood vessel supplying a
region of the brain
• Brain tissue supplied with oxygen from that blood
source dies
• Loss of some functions or death may result
Alzheimer’s Disease• Progressive degenerative brain disease
• Mostly seen in the elderly, but may begin in middle age
• Structural changes in the brain include abnormal
protein deposits and twisted fibers within neurons
• Victims experience memory loss, irritability, confusion
and ultimately, hallucinations and death
Spinal Cord• Extends from the medulla oblongata to the T12 region
• Below T12 is the cauda equina (a collection of spinal
nerves)
• Enlargements occur in the cervical and lumbar regions
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Peripheral Nervous System• Nerves and ganglia outside the CNS
• Nerve = bundle of neuron fibers
• Neuron fibers are bundled together by connective tissue that strengthens and
insulates the neurons
Spinal Nerves• There is a pair of spinal nerves
at the level of each vertebrae.
• The spinal nerves connect the
CNS to all of the other areas of
the body.
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Autonomic Nervous
System• The involuntary branch of the nervous
system
• Consists of only motor nerves
• Divided into two divisions: Sympathetic
division & Parasympathetic division
• Sympathetic – “fight-or-flight”
• Response to unusual stimulus
• Takes over to increase activities
• Remember as the “E” division =
exercise, excitement, emergency,
and embarrassment
• Parasympathetic – housekeeping
activities
• Conserves energy
• Maintains daily necessary body
functions
• Remembered as the “D” division -
digestion, defecation, and diuresis
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Comparison of Somatic and Autonomic Nervous Systems
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✓ The eye is the organ of vision.
✓ It has a complex structure consisting of a
transparent lens that focuses light on the retina.
✓ The retina is covered with two basic types of
light-sensitive cells-rods and cones.
✓ The cone cells are sensitive to color and are located
in the part of the retina called the fovea, where the
light is focused by the lens.
✓ The rod cells are not sensitive to color, but have greater sensitivity to light than the cone cells.
✓ Rodare located around the fovea and are responsible for peripheral vision and night vision.
✓ The eye is connected to the brain through the optic nerve.
✓ The point of this connection is called the "blind spot" because it is insensitive to light.
✓ Experiments have shown that the back of the brain (visual cortex) maps the visual input from the
eyes.
✓ Being nearsighted or farsighted depends on the length of your eye.
✓ People with blue eyes all share a common ancestor.
✓ Your eyes actually see everything upside down, but your brain sorts it out.
✓ Your eyes can get sunburned too.
✓ We blink 28,000 times per day.
✓ 20/20 vision isn't perfect vision, it's just normal.
✓ The human eye can detect over 10 million different colors.
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✓ The ear is the organ of hearing.
✓ The outer ear protrudes away from the head and
is shaped like a cup to direct sounds toward the
tympanic membrane, which transmits vibrations to
the inner ear through a series of small bones in the
middle ear called the malleus, incus and stapes.
✓ The inner ear, or cochlea, is a spiral-shaped chamber
covered internally by nerve fibers that react to the
vibrations and transmit impulses to the brain via the auditory nerve.
✓ The brain combines the input of our two ears to determine the direction and distance of sounds.
✓ Your ears contain the three smallest bones in the human body: the malleus, incus, and stapes
✓ Ears help the body maintain equilibrium.
✓ The outside of the ear is called the pinna which acts as a funnel, collecting and amplifying sound
for the inner ear.
✓ Your ability to hear high frequencies deteriorates as you get older, because the hair cells closest
to your outer ear begin to break down.
✓ Sound travels at roughly 770 miles per hour through our atmosphere.
✓ Earwax is used to catch dirt and debris.
✓ The hardest bone in the human body is the temporal bone and it shapes the inner ear where its
shape helps process sounds in the ear.
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✓ The receptors for taste, called taste buds, are
situated chiefly in the tongue, but they are also
located in the roof of the mouth and near the pharynx.
✓ They are able to detect four basic tastes: salty, sweet,
bitter, and sour.
✓ The tongue also can detect a sensation called "umami“
from taste receptors sensitive to amino acids.
✓ Generally, the taste buds close to the tip of the tongue
are sensitive to sweet tastes, whereas those in the back
of the tongue are sensitive to bitter tastes.
✓ The taste buds on top and on the side of the tongue are sensitive to salty and sour
✓ Your taste buds have a lifespan that can last from 10 days to two weeks. It is possible to kill your
taste buds by burning your tongue, but they regenerate rather quickly. However, smoking can
actually reduce taste bud “pods” (called papillae) and therefore dull your taste buds more
permanently.
✓ Taste buds are made up of microvilli, which are microscopic hairs that send signals to the brain
to tell us how to process and identify how things taste.
✓ Your taste buds need the help of your nose’s olfactory senses to send the correct message to
the brain about how something tastes. The flavor of something is determined by the taste and
the smell senses.
✓ When you smell an odor you are also tasting it.
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✓ The nose is the organ responsible for the sense
of smell.
✓ The cavity of the nose is lined with mucous
membranes that have smell receptors connected
to the olfactory nerve.
✓ The smells themselves consist of vapors of
various substances.
✓ The smell receptors interact with the molecules of these vapors and transmit the sensations to
the brain.
✓ The nose also has a structure called the vomeronasal organ whose function is being sensitive to
pheromones that influence the reproductive cycle.
✓ The sense of smell is sometimes temporarily lost when a person has a cold.
✓ The sense of smell comes about through the stimulation of specialized cells in our nasal cavities
— cells that are similar to the sensory cells of the antennae of invertebrates. The human
olfactory system works when odorant molecules bind to specific sites on the olfactory receptors,
which are used to detect the presence of smell.
✓ And it all comes together at the glomerulus, a structure which transmits signals to the olfactory
bulb — a part of the brain directly above the nasal cavity and below the frontal lobe. The end
result is the subjective experience we call smell.
✓ The smell receptors are sensitive to seven types of sensations that can be characterized into 10
categories: Fragrant (e.g. florals and perfumes) Fruity (all non-citrus fruits)
Citrus (e.g. lemon, lime, orange) Woody and resinous (e.g. pine or fresh cut grass)
Chemical (e.g. ammonia, bleach) Sweet (e.g. chocolate, vanilla, caramel)
Minty and peppermint (e.g. eucalyptus and camphor) Toasted and nutty (e.g popcorn, peanut butter, almonds)
Pungent (e.g. blue cheese, cigar smoke) Decayed (e.g. rotting meat, sour milk)
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✓ The sense of touch is distributed throughout the body.
✓ Nerve endings in the skin and other parts of the body
transmit sensations to the brain.
✓ Some parts of the body have a larger number of
nerve endings and, therefore, are more sensitive.
✓ Four kinds of touch sensations can be identified: cold,
heat, contact, and pain.
✓ Hairs on the skin magnify the sensitivity and act as an early warning system for the body.
✓ The sense of touch is the first to develop in humans at about 8 weeks into the gestation period.
✓ Touch stimulates the brain to release endorphins.
✓ The skin is your body’s largest organ and contains more than 4 million sensory receptors.
✓ Among the body’s most sensitive areas are the lips, the back of the neck, the fingertips, and the
soles of the feet.
✓ The least sensitive area of your body is the middle of your back.
✓ Being touched can reduce stress, by lowering levels of hormones like cortisol, which can reduce
blood pressure and heart rate.
✓ Pain is the body’s warning system and that’s why people have more receptors for pain than for
any other sensations.
✓ Thermoreceptors perceive sensations related to temperature, but they may be stimulated when
the surface of the skin drops below 41° (which is why your skin starts to feel numb in icy
temperatures) or rises above 113° (at which point pain receptors take over to avoid burns).
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