Chemical & Electrical Coordination Systems The Nervous System…….
Evolution of the Nervous System
From brain Stem to Cerebrum
What is the function of the nervous system? To receive information from a sensory neuron To process info. by the brain & spinal cord To respond by an effectors (muscle/gland)
Acupuncture:Stimulation of nerve centers
Alternative views . . . . . .
The basic unit of the nervous system = neuron? Dendrites receive stimuli Nerve cell body @ nucleus transmits the stimuli Axon transmits the impulse to another dendrite
Axon ending: terminal bud Transfers the electrical nerve impulse By chemical neuron-transmitters From one neuron to the next
Two connecting neurons:
Sensory neurons or “receptors” receive a stimulus from: eyes - sight ears - hearing nose - smell skin - touch mouth - taste
2b. The Central Nervous System: 1) Spinal Cord 2) Brain medulla for breathing cerebellum for balance cerebrum for higher thinking bw
Effectors that do actions are the Muscles = voluntary use the somatic system involuntary use autonomic system Glands = endocrine organs that make hormone messengers
Cerebral Cortex= higher thinking
The real thing . . . . . . . .
Parts of the Cerebrum
Cerebellum & “old brain” controls basic body functions
Right versus left Cerebrum
Infrared Tools to Study the brain . . . .
Schizophrenia & a normal brain scan
Any blow to the head does brain damage Example of amnesia & processing skills
What is a synapse ? Junction of two neurons Neurotransmitters convert the electrical impulse into a chemical message
The 2 types of nervous responses? a. Voluntary that use the brain & spinal cord b. Involuntary or Autonomic System Sympathetic Parasympathetic
The involuntary system: Autonomic basic body functions & reflex arcs
The Autonomic Nervous System
The Autonomic Nervous System... Automatic Two parts: parasympathetic & sympathetic Which is “fight or flight response” ? Which is ordinary involuntary body functions ?
Involuntary Reflex Arcs . . . . Use only spinal cord Do not go to the brain Follow the R-SIM pathway Examples: knee jerk, eye blink, hot stove pull back
R-SIM Reflex arc pathway . . . receptor neuron receives the stimuli S sensory neuron passes the impulse on I interneuron at the spinal cord processes M motor neuron acts
Is Pain part of the Reflex Arc ???
The five types of receptors Are highly specialized Receive only one type of stimuli Can be “overloaded” when over stimulated
Sensory Laboratory. . . . . . . . . PURPOSE: Map the distance between touch receptors Measure the extent of peripheral vision Determine the effects of cone saturation Map the taste receptors Measure reflex timing
Map of Taste Receptors . . . . B w