NERVOUS SYSTEM

• Nervous System


  Sends messages back and forth between the brain and the body
• Organs of the Nervous System

  • Brain
  • Spinal Cord
  • Nerves
• Brain

  • Complex organ that controls thought, memory, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates our body
• Spinal Cord


  • Used to send motor commands from the brain to the body
  • Sends sensory information from the body to the brain
  • Coordinates reflexes
• Nerves


  Cables in the body that carry electrical impulses between your brain and the rest of your body