BIOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF
TWO STRUCTURAL PARTS CALLED:
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE PHERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM :
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OR (CNS)
:
THE CENTAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSITS OF THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL
CORD:
THE BRAIN : IN THE ABOVE PAGE WE SAW THREE MAINTYPES OF THE BRAIN
:
CEREBRUM
CEREBELLUM
MEDDULA OBLONGATA
CEREBRUM
IT IS THE LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN
IT MAKES THE 85% OF THE BRAINS WEIGHT
ITS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS LEFT HEMISPHERE AND RIGHT
HEMISPHERE
ITS FUNCTION IS TO CONTROL OUR THOUGHTS,MEMORY , INTELLIGENCE
,LANGUAGE ,SPEECH ,LEARNING AND SENCE ORGANS
ITS IS LOCATED ON THE TOP AND FRONT PART OF THE BRAIN
CEREBRUM:
IT IS LOCATED BELOW THE CEREBRUM AT THE BACK OF THE BRAIN
IT MAKES ABOUT 10% OF THE BRAINS WEIGHT
ITS FUNCTION IS TO CONTROL OUR BALANCE MOVEMENT AND MUSCLE
CORDINATION
MEDDULA OBLONGATA
IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS MEDDULA
IT IS LOCATED IN THE BRAINSTEM THET LIES BENEATH THE CEREBELLUM
IT CONNECT THE BRAIN TO THE SPINAL CORD
IT CONTROLS INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS LIKE RESPIRATION ,DIGESTION
AND BLOOD CIRCULATION
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
SPINAL CORD:
ITS IS A LONG ,THICK BUNDLE OF NERVES THAT EXTENDS FROM THE
MEDDULA
IT IS SURROUNDED AND PROTECTED BY THE BONY VERTEBRAL COLUMN
ITS FUNCTION IS TO TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND
THE REST OF THE BODY
IT ALSO CONTROLS ACTION THAT BRAIN CANT DO
THE ACTION THAT BRAIN CANT DO IS CALLED REFLEX ACTION
PHERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM(PNS)
:
THIS NERVOUS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF NERVES
NERVES CONNECT THE BRAIN AND THE SPINAL CORD TO EVERY PART OF
THE BODY
NERVES
NERVES TRANSFER MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE BRAIN SO THAT IT
CAN FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF NERVES :
SENSORY NERVES
MOTOR NERVES
MIXED NERVES
SENSORY NERVES
THESE NERVES BRING THE SINGNALS TO BRAIN FROM THE SENCE
ORGANS
THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS AFFERENT NERVES
MOTOR NERVES
THESE CARRY MESSEGES FROM BRAIN TO OTHER ORGFANS
THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AR EFFERENT NERVES
MIXED NERVES
THESE CARRY MESSAGES TO AND FROM BRAIN
TYPES OF PERIPHERAL NUMBER
SYSTEM
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF NUMBER SYSTEM:
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
IT CONTROLS VARIOUS FUNCTIONS THROUGH SKELETAL MUSCLES
IT ALSO CONTROLS REFLEX ARCH
TYPES OF NERVES IN SOMATIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM
CRANIAL NERVES
SPINAL NERVES
CRANIAL NERVES
THESE NERVES ARE A SET OF 12 PAIRED NERVES THAT EMERGE
DIRECTLY FROM THE BRAIN, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BRAIN STEM
THEY MAY BE SENSORY, MOTOR OR MIXED NERVES
THESE BRING INFORMATION FROM SENCE ORGAN AND CONTROL
MUSCLES
SPINAL NERVES
THESE NERVES A PAIR OF 31 PAIRED NERVES THAT ORIGINATES FROM
THE SPINAL CORD
THESE NERVES ARE RESPONCIBLE FOR TAKING SENSORY INFORMATION
TO THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD OR(CNS) AND THEY ARE ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THE INFORMATION FROM THE BRAIN AND
SPINL CORD OR(CNS)TO OTHER PART OF THE BODY
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
THIS SYSTEM CONTROLS INVOLUNTARY ACTIVITIS LIKE MAINTAINING
BLOOD PRESSURE, BEATING OF HEART
GANGILIA ARE A COLLECTION OF NERVE CELLS FOUND ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD