L1: Nervous system

• What is the primary function of nervous system?

  Directs immediate responses to stimuli, usually by coordinating the activities of other organ system
• What are the organ structures of the nervous system?

  • Central nervous system
  • Brain
  • Spinal cord
  • Special senses
  • Peripheral Nervous system (PHS) (yellow)
• What is the primary function of central nervous system?

  Control center, short term control over other systems
• What is the two functions of the brain?

  1. Complex integrative activities
  2. Controls voluntary and involuntary activites
• What is the two functions of the spinal cord?

  1. Relays information to and from brain
  2. Performs less complex integrative activities (reflex arc)
• What are the special senses?

  Sight, hearing, smell, and taste and equilibrium
• What is the primary function of the Peripheral Nervous system?

  Links to central nervous system and other organs. Its sends information to and away from the brain