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•Homeostasis is any self-regulating process

by which an organism tends to maintain
stability while adjusting to conditions that
are best for its survival. If homeostasis is
successful, life continues; if it's unsuccessful,
it results in a disaster or death of the
organism.
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•Homeostasis describes how conditions

within an organism are kept constant, in
order to keep cells ticking over. The nervous
system is responsible for maintaining
homeostasis and is made up of neurons
which connect our sense organs (such as
our eyes and skin) to our brain.
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CAUGHT THAT.

1. The human body’s self-

regulating mechanism is called
_____________.

a) Chronostasis
b) Homeostasis
c) Balance
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2. The ________ system is

responsible for maintaining
balance in the body.

a)Reproductive
b)Endocrine
c) Nervous
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3. It is the system that releases

hormones that is transported
and used all over the body
through the bloodstream.
a)Reproductive
b)Endocrine
c) Nervous
Nerves – imagine cables that carry
electrical impulses between your
brain and the rest of your body.
- help you feel sensations and
move your muscles
- autonomic functions (breathing,
sweating, digesting food)
Ganglion – group of neuron
cell bodies in the peripheral
nervous system.
- control your body's
voluntary movements
Micrograph of a ganglion. H&E stain.
Frontal lobe - higher
executive functions
(emotional regulation,
planning, reasoning and
problem solving)
Parietal lobe - integrating
sensory information (touch,
temperature, pressure and
pain)
Temporal lobe -
processing sensory
information (hearing,
recognizing language, and
forming memories)
Occipital lobe - major
visual processing center in
the brain

Primary visual cortex -

receives visual information
from the eyes
AFFECTOR vs EFFECTOR

AFFECTOR - refers to a structure that affects or

sends a signal out

EFFECTOR - refers to a structure (such as a cell or an

organ) that is affected by or responds to a signal
AFFECTOR vs EFFECTOR (neurons)

AFFECTOR neurons - go from the peripheral

nervous system to the CNS (e.g., a sensory cell in
the skin or eye, pain felt when pinched PNS →CNS)

EFFECTOR neurons - go from the CNS to a gland or

muscle to cause it to do something (e.g., secrete a
hormone, contract a muscle, etc.)
TWO MAIN PARTS OF NEURONS

DENDRITE – ARMS OF THE

NEURON. Receive
messages from other
neurons

AXON – FINE, LONG

NERVE FIBER. Transmits
information away from the
nucleus
Synapses - points of
contact between neurons
where information is
passed from one neuron to
the next.

-most often form between

axons and dendrite