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    What makes up the Nervous System?

    NEURONS
    NERVE CELLS

    DENDRITES: CARRIES IMPULSES TOWARD THE CELL BODY AXON: CARRIES IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE CELL BODY
    NEUROTRANSMITTERS ARE SPECIAL CHEMICALS THAT ALLOW NERVE IMPULSES TO PASS THROUGH THE NEURONS

    NERVES
    BUNDLES OR GROUPS OF MANY NERVE FIBERS OUTSIDE OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
    CORD

    AFFERENT-SENSORY- NERVES THAT CARRY MESSAGES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE BODY TO THE BRAIN AND SPINAL

    EFFERENT-MOTOR- ARE NERVES THAT CARRY MESSAGES FROM THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD TO MUSCLES AND
    GLANDS

    ASSOCIATIVE- NERVES THAT CARRY BOTH SENSORY AND MOTOR MESSAGES

    SYSTEMS
    1. 2.
    CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM- CNS: CONSISTS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM- PNS: CONSISTS OF THE NERVES

    AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: INVOLUNTARY BODY FUNCTIONS

    CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

    A MASS OF NERVE TISSUES PROTECTED BY MEMBRANES AND THE SKULL; WITH MANY SECTIONS
    VOLUNTARY BODY MOVEMENT

    BRAIN

    CEREBRUM: RESPONSIBLE FOR REASONING, THOUGHT, MEMORY, SPEECH, SENSATION, SIGHT, SMELL, HEARING, CEREBELLUM: RESPONSIBLE FOR MUSCLE COORDINATION, BALANCE AND POSTURE, AND MUSCLE TONE DIENCEPHALON: CONTAINS THE THALAMUS (DIRECTS SENSORY IMPULSES) & HYPOTHALAMUS (REGULATES AND
    CONTROLS TEMPERATURE, APPETITE, WATER BALANCE, SLEEP, BLOOD VESSEL CONSTRICTION AND DILATION, AND EMOTIONS

    MIDBRAIN: RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING IMPULSES BETWEEN BRAIN PARTS AND FOR CERTAIN EYE AND
    AUDITORY REFLEXES

    PONS: RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEWING, TASTING, SALIVA PRODUCTION, AND RESPIRATION MEDULLA OBLONGATA: RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING HEARTBEAT, RESPIRATION, SWALLOWING, COUGHING, AND
    BLOOD PRESSURE

    SPINAL CORD
    FROM THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA TO THE FIRST OR SECOND LUMBAR VERTEBRAE PROTECTED BY VERTEBRAE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY REFLEX ACTIONS, CARRYING SENSORY MESSAGES TO THE BRAIN, AND
    CARRYING MOTOR MESSAGES FROM THE BRAIN TO THE MUSCLES AND GLANDS

    MENINGES
    THREE MEMBRANES THAT PROTECT THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
    DURA MATER- THICK AND TOUGH OUTER LAYER ARACHNOID MEMBRANE- MIDDLE WEB LIKE AND DELICATE LAYER PIA MATER- CLOSELY ATTACHED TO THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; CONTAINS BLOOD VESSELS THAT NOURISH
    THE NERVE TISSUE

    VENTRICLES
    THE BRAIN HAS FOUR HOLLOW SPACES THAT CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE SPACE UNDER THE ARACHNOID MEMBRANE FILLED WITH CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
    CIRCULATE BETWEEN VENTRICLES CONSTANTLY SERVES AS A SHOCK ABSORBER CARRIES NUTRIENTS TO PARTS OF THE BRAIN HELPS REMOVE WASTE FROM THE BODY

    PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

    SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM


    12 PAIRS OF CRANIAL NERVES AND THEIR BRANCHES
    RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGHT, HEARING, TASTE, SMELL, TOUCH, PRESSURE, PAIN, AND TEMPERATURE SUPPLIES SENSATION TO LARGER PARTS OF THE BODY

    31 PAIRS OF SPINAL NERVES AND THEIR BRANCHES

    AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM


    MAINTAINS A BALANCE IN THE INVOLUNTARY FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY AND ALLOWS THE BODY TO REACT
    DURING AN EMERGENCY

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