Nervous System

Overview

The Brain
 

weighs 1300 - 1400 g made up of about 100 billion neurons the most complex living structure on the universe Society for Neuroscience makes us who we are

The Brain

Divided into Two Parts:

 

Central (CNS) Peripheral (PNS)

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Central Nervous System

 

Brain Spinal cord

Brain


Hind Brain
Medulla Pons Cerebellum

Mid Brain
Tectum Tegmentum Substantianigra

Forebrain
Thalamus Hypothalamus Cerebrum Brain Stem Limbic System

Pons & Medulla

  

Number of involuntary functions Respiration & Coordination of the two eyes

Cerebellum
  

Repid & whole body movement Walking & jumping & Well learned or automatic behavioral sequences

Thalamus
  

Processing of sensory information Seeing, hearing & the skin senses Relay station of incoming sensory signals and out going motor signal

Hypothalamus
  

Hunger, thirst Expression of emotions Connected to the pituitary glands

Cerebrum Cerebral Cortex



Coordinates
     

Thinking and learning Creativity Five senses Memory and emotion Problem-solving Decisions

Cerebellum


Coordinates
  

Most muscles Movement Learned skills

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Cerebellum


Receives messages from most of the muscles in your body Communicates with the other parts of the brain Sends messages about movement and balance back to your body

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Brain Stem


Coordinates
    

Heartbeat Breathing Digestion Swallowing Blinking

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Spinal Cord


Bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body. Long tube of nerve tissue running from the brain down the length of the back inside of the spine

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Peripheral Nervous System



Somatic NS
   

Sensory nerves Motor nerves Messages between brain and body CONTROLS VOLUNTARY MUSCLES Controls organs and some muscles CONTROLS INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES

Autonomic NS
 

Brain structure
Cerebrum

hypothalamus

cerebellum

Pituitary gland medulla

brain functions

Parts of the cerebrum

memory game

Parts of the cerebrum

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Sensory homunculus
The greater the amount of tissue in the somatosensory area of the brain that body part. If the size of our body parts reflected the corresponding amount of brain tissue, we would look like this strange creature.

Motor strip and homunculus

Motor strip