PRESENTATION OF THE

NERVOUS SYSTEM
Made by: Johel David Rendón vahos y juan jose sanches bentancur
 NERVOUS SYSTEM
• The nervous system is
part of our body and
helps us not only to
perceive, integrate and
respond to the world
around us, but also to
send, receive and
interpret information
from all parts of our
body.
 • It is made up of the brain and spinal cord,
CENTRAL NERVOUS which act as the main "processing center"
for the entire nervous system and control
SYSTEM all of the body's functions.
SENSORY NEURONS
• these neurons carry information to the
central nervous system sensory neurons
also give electrical impulses
 SPINAL
CORD
• these nerThe spinal cord is a long cylindrical structure, slightly flattened in
an anteroposterior direction located in the vertebral canal and is responsible
for transmitting nerve impulses to the thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves,
communicating the brain with the body, through two basic functionsves
allow us to feel pain, heat, cold