NERVOU

S
SYSTEM
What is nervous
system?
• It is a part of an animal’s
body that coordinates its
voluntary and involuntary
actions and transmits
signals to and from
different parts of the body.
TWO PARTS OF NERVOUS
SYSTEM
Animals with a defined head possess a two-part nervous
system
 1. Central
Nervous System
 It consists of animal’s brain and spinal
cord
 Brain possesses and interprets sensory
information sent from the spinal cord
2. Peripheral Nervous System

Consists of all the

nerves that travel from
the CNS to the rest of
the animal’s body
HOW THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
WORKS?
 It receives the stimuli
 Sends messages about
the stimuli to the different
parts of the body
 Interprets what stimuli
mean to organism’s
existence
 Coordinates the
 Situational Examples

you accidentally ate a chili pepper

Your brain interprets it that the pepper is spicy (stimuli)

The message will be transmitted through out your body and

will start to create a reaction towards the stimuli that has
been transmitted

Your body will going to react by either spiting it out or asking

for a water
Nervous system
also contains
two types of
cells:
•1. Neurons (nerve cell)
•2. Glial cells (neuroglia)
Neurons
(nerve cell)
It processes and
transmits
information
through electrical
and chemical
signals
How neurons send signals to
other cells

Travel in
axons Released at
electrochemi
causing them junctions
cal waves
to be called called
(signals)
‘neuro- ‘synapses’
transmitters’
 Glial Cell
(neuroglia)
glue of the
nervous
system
 Functions of Glial Cells
To surround neurons and hold
them in place
To supply nutrients and oxygen
to neurons
To insulate one neuron from
another
To destroy pathogens and
remove dead neurons.
 to provide guidance-cues
Glial Cells are the most
abundant cell types in CNS and
it includes
Oligodendrocytes
Astrocytes
Ependymal cells
Schwann cells
Microglia
Satellite cells
 Receptor
•It allows a simple
organism’s body
to coordinate its
reaction to stimuli
PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF
BRAIN
Cerebral
Cortex
Analyzes data.,
learn new
information, form
thoughts, make
decisions
Corpus
collosum
Communication
between the left
and right
hemisphere
Frontal
lobe
Cognition and
memory
hypothala
mus
Controls
maintenance
function such as
eating
Temporal
lobe
Auditory reception
and interpretation
Pituitary
gland
Master endocrine
gland
Pons
Controls arousal
and regulates
respiration
medulla
Controls heartbeat
and breathing
Spinal cord
Controls simple
reflexes
Parietal
lobe
Body orientation
Thalamus
Relays messages
between lower
brain and balance
cerebellum
Coordinates
voluntary
movement and
balance
Thank you bes-
es (lol) and Sir
Pogi 