The Nervous System

Our Control Center

What controls our body functions?

•When you Blink?•When you breath?

•When you smell a fart?•When you are hungry?• Have to go pee?

The Nervous System•Brain•Anatomy•Functions

•Sensory system •Anatomy•Functions

Central Control

•The Brain•Cerebral Cortex (Cerebrum)•Cerebellum•Pons•Medulla Oblongata (Brain Stem)•Spinal Cord

Cerebral Cortex• Largest part of the brain•Responsible for:–Motor Skills, Judgment, Analytical

reasoning–Emotions, Sensations, Storing data–Memory, Speech

Cerebellum•Coordination•Balance•Reflex motor activity

Pons•Consciousness •Sleep

Medulla Oblongata• Brain Stem• Breathing• Pumping the heart• Hunger• Urination• Swallowing• Gag reflex

Nervous SystemsCentral Nervous System

• Brain• Spinal Cord• Retina

Peripheral Nervous System

• All of the other sensory nerves

Spinal Cord• 43 cm long in females / 45 cm in

males• Connects the peripheral nerves

to the brain• Nerve “Roots” extend to connect

to certain sections of the body

Spinal Cord

Nerve Cells•Neurons•Ganglia•Connect with multiple cells to make up nerve tissues

Sensory Organs• Eye• Ear

•Olfactory Cells• Taste Buds

Eye•Cornea•Lens•Iris•Pupil•Retina•Optic Nerve

Ear•Outer ear•Middle ear•Inner ear

Olfactory SystemCells that detect odors in the air and sends

chemical messages to the brain

Taste Buds•Papallea•Average: 10,000 in your mouth•Sends signal to brain about what you are tasting•Bitter•Sweet•Sour•Salty

PapillaeSmall hair like cells that taste what you eat

The Nervous System Problems

• Severe a nerve = loss of signal flow• Compress nerves = impede nerve flow• Epilepsy = Seizures• Cataracts = Clouding of the lens in the

eye• Otitis media = inner ear infection

The Nervous System•Controls everything

that our body does

The Nervous System

•Without it we are unplugged

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