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Nervous system
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Nervous system description
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nerves
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Nervous system
Central Nervous system
Encephalon: upper part
Brain
Cerebellum: cordination &body movement
Thalamus: picks up sensorial info and sends it to cerebral cortex
Hypothalamus: Regulates the medium hemostasis functions
Cerebral cortex
SUPERIOR FUNCTIONS: Conscious perception, Reasoning & memory,
SENSORIAL PERCEPTION: Somatosensorial, Audition, Vission
MOTOR CORTEX: Voluntary movements
Brainstem: controls essential functions
Spinal cord
Runs along dorsal part of the body
Receives and transports the ascendant and descendant information.
Receives all sensorial information that is given from all parts of the body; works as a highway
Controls two different types of movements, simple and fast movements which are called as defense reflex
Peripheral nervous system
Connects the Central Nervous System with the limbs and organs
Sensory: Afferent neurons that relay nerve impulses TOWARDS the central nervous system.
Autonomic: regulates involuntary actions
Sympathetic
Dominates in stressful or emergency situations
Makes heart beat faster
Parasympathetic
Relaxes the organism
Controls respiration, heartbeat and other vital functions
Somatic: governs voluntary actions and the body reflexes
Motor: Efferent neurons that relay nerve impulses AWAY from the central nervous system.
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