nervous system

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  • Nervous system

    Network of organs and nerves that send signals throughout the body
  • Lungs remember to breathe when we're asleep

    Nervous system is in charge of this
  • Nose tells you that your favorite cookies are baking in the kitchen
    Nervous system is in charge of this
  • Nervous system

    Nervous system controls everything we do including breathing, smelling and moving
  • Main parts of the nervous system
    • Central nervous system
    • Peripheral nervous system
  • Central nervous system

    Part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
  • Brain

    • Lies protected inside the skull
    • Controls all body functions by receiving and sending messages through the nerves
  • Major parts of the brain
    • Cerebellum
    • Cerebral hemispheres
    • Brain stem
  • Cerebellum

    Biggest part of the brain
  • Cerebral hemispheres

    • Left part is more analytical, helping with math, speech and logic
    • Right part helps with abstract thinking like music, shapes and colors
  • Brain stem

    • Links the brain to the spinal cord and the rest of the body
    • In charge of functions needed to stay alive like breathing and digesting
  • Peripheral nervous system

    Includes all the nerves that go from the skin, muscle and organs to the spinal cord and brain
  • Functions of the peripheral nervous system
    • Sensory nerves receive information and carry messages to the brain
    • Motor nerves carry messages from the brain to the body
  • Peripheral nervous system

    Controls some automatic actions like breathing and digesting
  • Parts of a neuron
    • Nucleus
    • Dendrites
    • Axon
  • Dendrites

    Take in the electric messages to the cell bodies
  • Axon

    Takes the messages away from the cell body