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This document provides an overview of the nervous system, covering its structure and functions, including divisions, cells, neural signaling, and reflexes. It's suitable for students studying biology and related fields, as it covers various aspects of the system.
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NERVOUS SYSTEM PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM → → → SENSORY DIVISION...
NERVOUS SYSTEM PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM → → → SENSORY DIVISION → – – MOTOR DIVISION → – – – o – FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM o – – – – – – – DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM → CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – – | CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM o – → o – NEURONS – → → – – – TYPES OF NEURONS – – – GLIAL CELLS → → – → → – – – o – | – – – TYPES OF GLIAL CELLS | NEURAL SIGNALING → o – – WHITE MATTER → – – o – – – o – MYELIN SHEATH ELECTRICAL SIGNALS AND NEURAL PATHWAYS → – RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL → → → → – – – – – – – – ORGANIZATION OF NERVOUS TISSUE → GRAY MATTER → ACTION POTENTIALS → → o – o – → | → SYNAPSE → → → – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | TWO-NEURON ARCS → THREE-NEURON ARCS REFLEXES → → SOMATIC REFLEXES → → → AUTONOMIC REFLEXES → → NEURONAL PATHWAYS REFLEX ARC – → – – – – – – – – – | CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS – SPINAL CORD – → – – – – – o – | WITHDRAWAL REFLEX → SPINAL NERVES → – – – o – o – o – | BRAIN → → → → → → o o RETICULAR FORMATION → → → – CEREBELLUM BRAINSTEM → → → → – → – → → → → DIENCEPHALON → MEDULLA OBLONGATA → → → – – – THALAMUS → – → PONS → → → → – MIDBRAIN → | EPITHALAMUS → → – HYPOTHALAMUS → → → FRONTAL LOBE → → IMPORTANT HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS → – – – PARIETAL LOBE – – OCCIPITAL LOBE – → – – – CEREBRUM TEMPORAL LOBE → – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | SENSORY FUNCTIONS → → → ASCENDING TRACTS → → → SENSORY AREAS OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX – – SOMATIC MOTOR FUNCTION → – – – | – – MOTOR AREAS OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX → – – DESCENDING TRACTS → – BASAL NUCLEI → – – – – | CEREBELLUM – → o – → o – → o – o – OTHER BRAIN FUNCTIONS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEMISPHERES – – SPEECH – – MEMORY – BRAIN WAVES AND CONSCIOUSNESS – – – – – – – LIMBIC SYSTEM AND EMOTIONS → | – DURA MATER → – – – ARACHNOID MATER → – – – PIA MATER → MENINGES, VENTRICLES, AND CEREBROSPINAL – FLUID VENTRICLES MENINGES → → surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. – – – – CEREBROSPINAL FLUID → → – – – | INFERIOR SURFACE OF THE BRAIN SHOWING THE ORIGIN OF THE CRANIAL NERVES AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM → CRANIAL NERVES → → – – AUTONOMIC GANGLIA → → → → → → → → → → | AUTONOMIC NEUROTRANSMITTERS – – FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM – – ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM → – – – EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM → → |