Nervous system- cerebrum and cerebellum
coming from electric impulse from nerve
- A network for organ system to work
together with endocrine system.
Consists of 2 divisions:
CNS – central nervous system
PNS – peripheral nervous system
CNS
- Brain, spinal cord
PNS
- Carries messages to and from CNS
- Network of nerves and neural
tissues branching out throughout the
body
Somatic
- Sensory and voluntary motor
- Between CNS and periphery
Autonomic
- Involuntary motor control
- Organs and body functions
Sensory
Somatosensory – sensation (5 senses)
Autonomic
Sympathetic – arouses to expand energy
Para-sympathetic – conserve and maintain
energy.
Stimuli – coming from the environment
cells
Neurons- conduct impulses that enable the
body to interact with its internal and external
environments.
TYPE OF NEURONS
Neuroglia – tissues that support the nerve
cells.
Motor neurons – one axon
Axon- covered with insulating fatty layer
called myelin sheath (without myelin, brain
and spinal cord can’t communicate)
Dendrites – short and unsheathed (to
increase surface area to receive signals
from other neurons.)
4 steps of nerve impulse
1. Depolarization
2. Repolarization
3. Hyperpolarization
4. Refractory Period
Organ targeted if stimulus will be in
endocrine system – PITUITARY GLANDS
(corticotropic hormones)
Sensory neurons – sensory neurons don’t
have true dendrites.
Interneurons – located entirely within the
central nervous system.
Motor neurons – for movement and
reflexes.
NERVE FIBERS
Schwann cells
AFFERENT – CNS
EFFERENT – muscles, organs, and glands
Synapses- nerve impulses transmitted via
branches.