Nervous System

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<p>CNS or PNS </p>

CNS or PNS

PNS

  • Send sensory info to CNS

  • Carry motor skills from CNS to body

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<p>CNS or PNS?</p>

CNS or PNS?

CNS

  • Receive and process sensory skills from PNS

  • Send motor skills out to body

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<p>What are the three main groups of the spinal cord?</p>

What are the three main groups of the spinal cord?

  1. Cervical nerves

  2. Thoracic nerves

  3. Lumbar Nerves

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<p>Structure parts of a neuron</p>

Structure parts of a neuron

  1. Dendrite

  2. Nucleus

  3. Soma

  4. Axon

  5. Schwann cell

  6. Nodes of Ranvier

  7. Myelin

  8. Axon terminals

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<p>What neuron is this </p>

What neuron is this

Motor neuron

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<p>What type of neuron is this? </p>

What type of neuron is this?

Sensory neuron

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<p>What type of neuron is this.</p>

What type of neuron is this.

intemueron

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<p>what neuroglia cell is this? (3)</p>

what neuroglia cell is this? (3)

Microglial cell

  • immune function

  • Digest debris

  • Kills bacteria

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<p>what neuroglia cell is this? (2)</p>

what neuroglia cell is this? (2)

Oligodentrocytes

  • formation of myelin sheath in the CNS

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<p>what neuroglia cell is this? (1)</p>

what neuroglia cell is this? (1)

Astrocytes

  • connect blood vessel to neurons

  • Help repair tissue

  • Scar formation

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<p>Which type of neuron is this?</p>

Which type of neuron is this?

Bipolar

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<p>Which type of neuron is this?</p>

Which type of neuron is this?

Unipolar

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<p>Which type of neuron is this?</p>

Which type of neuron is this?

Multipolar

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<p>What part of the brain is this? (1)</p>

What part of the brain is this? (1)

Frontal

  • controls higher-level thinking, movement, and personality

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<p>What part of the brain is this? (2)</p>

What part of the brain is this? (2)

Temporal

  • handles auditory information, language, and memory

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<p>What part of the brain is this? (3)</p>

What part of the brain is this? (3)

Parietal

  • processes sensory information like touch and spatial awareness

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<p>What part of the brain is this? (4)</p>

What part of the brain is this? (4)

Occipital

  • processes visual information. 

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<p>What are each fissures?</p>

What are each fissures?

A: longitudinal

B: Transverse

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<p>Which part is the brainstem?</p>

Which part is the brainstem?

1

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<p>Which part is the spinal cord?</p>

Which part is the spinal cord?

6

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<p>Which part is the Pons?</p>

Which part is the Pons?

4

Relays sensory info

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<p>Which part is the Thalamus?</p>

Which part is the Thalamus?

2

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<p>Which part is the midbrain?</p>

Which part is the midbrain?

3

Responsible for blood pressure, respiration and heart functions

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<p>Which part is the medulla?</p>

Which part is the medulla?

5

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<p>What part is this?</p>

What part is this?

Corpus callosum

The corpus callosum connects the left and right hemispheres of your brain, allowing them to communicate and share information. It acts like a bridge for nerve signals, enabling coordinated thinking, movement, and sensory processing.

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<p>What nervous system is this?</p>

What nervous system is this?

Autonomic nervous system

Works without you thinking

Made up of two parts:

  • parasympathetic: rest and digest

  • Sympathetic: flight or fight

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<p>What nervous system is this?</p>

What nervous system is this?

Somatic Nervous system

Things we consciously do