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    Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

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    This book describes Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
    The Nervous system comprises:
    1. Central Nervous System
    a. Brain
    b. Spinal cord
    2. Peripheral Nervous System
    a. Neuron
    b. Peripheral ganglia
    c. Autonomic Nervous System
    The nervous system is made up of two basic types of cells:
    1. Neurons - the actual nerve cell
    2. Glia - Glial cells are support cells called astrocytes and oligodendrocytes and outnumber neurons in many parts of the nervous system.
    A neuron or nerve cell is a dedicated type of cell found in the nervous system of most humans
    The neurons make use of electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit information between different areas of the brain and between the brain and the rest of the nervous system.
    Neurons have three basic components:
    1. A cell body (soma)
    Within the cell body is a nucleus which regulates the cell’s activities and contains the cell’s genetic material.
    2. An axon
    The axon appears like a long tail and transmits messages from the cell.
    3. One or many dendrites
    Dendrites appear like the branches of a tree and receive messages for the cell.
    Neurons correspond with each other by sending chemicals, called neurotransmitters, across a tiny space, called a synapse, between the axons and dendrites of adjacent neurons.
    There are three classes of neurons:
    1. Sensory neurons (or afferent neurons): send information from sensory receptors (e.g., in skin, eyes, nose, tongue, ears) toward the central nervous system.
    2. Motor neurons (or efferent neurons): transmit information away from the central nervous system to muscles or glands.
    They regulate voluntary muscle activity such as speaking and carry messages from nerve cells in the brain to the muscles.
    3. Inter-neurons: send information between sensory neurons and motor neurons.
    Most inter-neurons are sited in the central nervous system.
    Within these three classes of neurons are many hundreds of different types each with specific message-carrying capabilities.
    Nerve cells or neurons are specialized to transmit messages through an electrochemical process.
    Life and Death of Nerve Cell
    My name is Motor Man the nerve cell.
    I was named Motor Man by my friends who feel that I send impulses to the muscles to move them.
    I was born in the body from a stem cell during the development of the embryo.
    There are at least 100 billion of us at birth.
    Besides us neurons, helper cells called glial cells will help the neuron.
    Glia outnumbers neurons in some parts of the brain, but neurons are the key players in the brain.
    Once I am born, I have to journey to the place where I will do my work.
    I also journey by using chemical signals which direct me to my final location.
    As a normal neuron of the cervical spine, I provide sensory and motor services to my host from the spine right down to his skin of his hand.
    I stimulate the movement of the muscles of the arm and hands.
    Since the hands are involved daily in washing, eating, writing, I have to stimulate the muscles to do this everyday.
    I am based in the spinal cord but having a filament called the axon helps me to extend my nerve to the hands.
    At the end of the axon I have a synapse which is the connection with the muscle to signal the muscle what it is to do
    I have several smaller and shorter filaments called the dendrites which connect with other neurons.
    Sometimes the axon part of my body may be injured due to trauma or loss of circulation.
    If my main cell body is not injured I can regenerate the growth of my axon usually from the first node of Ranvier
    If my main body cell is injured, then I will die.
    As we age, the parts of my cell begins to degenerate
    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Nerve Cell
    Chapter 2 Functions
    Chapter 3 Life Cycle
    Chapter 4 Diseases

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateJan 31, 2019
    ISBN9780463769379
    Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Author

    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Nerve Cell,

      Functions, Diseases,

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Diagnosis,

      Treatment

      And

      Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2019 Smashwords Edition

      Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      (What You Need to Treat Nerve Cell, Functions, Diseases)

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

      My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

      Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

      I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

      This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

      From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

      Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

      For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

      The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

      The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

      Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

      As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

      Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

      I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

      I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

      I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

      Chapter 1

      Nerve cell:

      The Nervous system comprises:

      1. Central Nervous System

      a. Brain

      b. Spinal cord

      2. Peripheral Nervous System

      a. Neuron

      b. Peripheral ganglia

      c. Autonomic Nervous System

      The nervous system is made up of two basic types of cells:

      1. Neurons - the actual nerve cell

      From Wikipedia

      2. Glia - Glial cells are support cells called astrocytes and oligodendrocytes and outnumber neurons in many parts of the nervous system.

      A neuron or nerve cell is a dedicated type of cell found in the nervous system of most humans

      The neurons make use of electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit information between different areas of the brain and between the brain and the rest of the nervous system.

      Neurons have three basic components:

      1. A cell body (soma)

      Within the cell body is a nucleus which regulates the cell’s activities and contains the cell’s genetic material.

      2. An axon

      The axon appears like a long tail and transmits messages from the cell.

      3. One or many dendrites

      Dendrites appear like the branches of a tree and receive messages for the cell.

      Neurons correspond with each other by sending chemicals, called neurotransmitters, across a tiny space, called a synapse, between the axons and dendrites of adjacent neurons.

      There are three classes of neurons:

      1. Sensory neurons (or afferent neurons): send information from sensory receptors (e.g., in skin, eyes, nose, tongue, ears) toward the central nervous system.

      2. Motor neurons (or efferent neurons): transmit information away from the central nervous system to muscles or glands.

      They regulate voluntary muscle activity such as speaking and carry messages from nerve cells in the brain to the muscles.

      3. Inter-neurons: send information between sensory neurons and motor neurons.

      Most inter-neurons are sited in the central nervous system.

      Within these three classes of neurons are many hundreds of different types each with specific message-carrying capabilities.

      Neurons are the most varied type of cells in the body.

      Cells of the nervous system, called nerve cells or neurons, are specialized to transmit messages through an electrochemical process.

      The human brain contains about 100 billion neurons at birth.

      Neurons differ in many various shapes and sizes.

      Some of the tiniest neurons have cell bodies that are only 4 microns wide.

      Some of the largest neurons have cell bodies that are 100 microns wide.

      (1 micron is equivalent to one thousandth of a millimeter).

      1. Corticospinal neurons

      (from motor cortex to spinal cord)

      2. Primary afferent neurons

      (Neurons that spread from the skin into

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