Warm-Up: Feb. 27, 2013 Pick up a half sheet of paper from the front table. DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAPER!!!! Copy the question & the answer in your notebook. Sit quietly once you have completed this.
Warm-Up: March 2, 2015 Take out your Notebooks & be ready to take notes on the Nervous System. Take out any make up work that you have completed. I will collect this once class begins.
Nervous System
Main Functions Receive stimuli from inside & outside the body Interpret the stimuli Initiate responses for survival
3 Parts of the Nervous System BRAIN
SPINAL CORD
PERIPHERAL NERVES
BRAIN Organ of the central nervous system with 3 parts that all serve to control and coordinate the activities of the body. 3 Parts of the Brain Cerebrum Cerrebellum Brain Stem
Cerebrum Controls…. Thoughts Voluntary actions 5 senses
Cerebellum Controls….. Balance coordination
Brain Stem Controls….. Involuntary processes Examples: breathing, heartbeat, digestion
Spinal Cord- “Nerve Highway” Bundle of Nerves Starts at Brain Stem & continues down through the vertebrate
Peripheral Nerves Nerves that branch out from the spinal cord & connect the rest of the body Transmits signals to & from the brain through the spinal cord