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    The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs. It has two main divisions - the central nervous system (CNS) containing the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) containing nerves and sensory organs. The brain is the main control center located in the skull, processing information and controlling both voluntary and involuntary functions. The spinal cord carries signals through the spine. Neurons transmit impulses while neuroglia provide support. The nervous system performs three main functions - collecting sensory information, integrating signals in the CNS, and stimulating effectors for motor responses through efferent neurons.

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    The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs. It has two main divisions - the central nervous system (CNS) containing the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) containing nerves and sensory organs. The brain is the main control center located in the skull, processing information and controlling both voluntary and involuntary functions. The spinal cord carries signals through the spine. Neurons transmit impulses while neuroglia provide support. The nervous system performs three main functions - collecting sensory information, integrating signals in the CNS, and stimulating effectors for motor responses through efferent neurons.

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    The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs. It has two main divisions - the central nervous system (CNS) containing the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) containing nerves and sensory organs. The brain is the main control center located in the skull, processing information and controlling both voluntary and involuntary functions. The spinal cord carries signals through the spine. Neurons transmit impulses while neuroglia provide support. The nervous system performs three main functions - collecting sensory information, integrating signals in the CNS, and stimulating effectors for motor responses through efferent neurons.

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    The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory organs. It has two main divisions - the central nervous system (CNS) containing the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS) containing nerves and sensory organs. The brain is the main control center located in the skull, processing information and controlling both voluntary and involuntary functions. The spinal cord carries signals through the spine. Neurons transmit impulses while neuroglia provide support. The nervous system performs three main functions - collecting sensory information, integrating signals in the CNS, and stimulating effectors for motor responses through efferent neurons.

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    Nervous System

    The nervous system consists of the brain,


    spinal cord, sensory organs, and all of the
    nerves that connect these organs with the rest of
    the body. Together, these organs are responsible
    for the control of the body and communication
    among its parts.
    2 Divisions of the Nervous System

     Central Nervous System (CNS)


     Brain
     Spinal Cord
     Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
     Nerve cells
     Sensory organs
     Brain
    - The brain is a soft, wrinkled organ that weighs about 3 pounds
    and is located inside the cranial cavity. Approximately 100 billion
    neurons of the brain form the main control center of the body. This
    is where the information are processed and responses originate.
    The brain, the seat of higher mental functions such as
    consciousness, memory, planning, and voluntary actions, also
    controls lower body functions such as the maintenance of
    respiration, heart rate, blood pressure, and digestion.
     Spinal Cord
    The spinal cord is a long, thin mass of
    bundled neurons that carries information
    through the vertebral cavity of the spine
    beginning at the medulla oblongata of the
    brain on its superior end and continuing
    inferiorly to the lumbar region of the spine.
     Nerve cells
    -are classified into two:
    1.Neurons – which are the conducting cells
    2.Neuroglia – which are the supportive cells

    Neurons
    - Receive stimuli and transmit impulses to other
    neurons or to other body organs such as muscles.
     The neuron is the primary functional and anatomic unit of the
    nervous system. Neurons are classified according to function –
    sensory, motor and interneurons.
     Sensory neurons
     Carry sensory impulses to the spinal cord or to the brain.
     Motor neurons
    - Carry motor impulses from the brain or spinal cord to the target
    muscles.
     Interneurons
    - Connects sensory ad motor neurons.
    Functions of the Nervous System
     Sensory
    The sensory function of the nervous system involves
    collecting information from sensory receptors that
    monitor the body’s internal and external conditions.
    These signals are then passed on to the central
    nervous system (CNS) for further processing by
    afferent neurons (and nerves)
     Integration
    The process of integration is the processing of the
    many sensory signals that are passed into the CNS
    at any given time. These signals are evaluated,
    compared, used for decision making, discarded or
    committed to memory as deemed appropriate.
    These process is performed by interneurons.
     Motor
    Once the networks of interneurons in the CNS evaluate
    sensory information and decide on an action, they
    stimulate efferent neurons. Efferent neurons (also called
    motor neurons) carry signals from the gray matter of the
    CNS through the nerves of the peripheral nervous system
    to effector cells. The effector maybe smooth, cardiac,
    skeletal muscle tissue or glandular tissue. The effector
    then releases a hormone or moves a part of the body to
    respond to stimulus.

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