Monitors internal and external environment Integrates sensory information Coordinates all systems
Central Nervous System (CNS) Brain and Spinal Cord Intelligence, Memory, Emotion Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) All neural tissue outside the CNS Afferent Division Receptor to CNS Efferent Division CNS to muscles and glands
Somatic Nervous System Control over skeletal muscle contractions Autonomic Nervous System Involuntary regulation
Cell Body Large Nucleus No centrioles (used for division) Neurons cannot divide Can divide in nose (for smell) and in hippocampus (for memory) Nissl Bodies Rough ER and free ribosomes
Several dendrites Receive signals
Axon Usually only one/neuron Transmits signal Axon Hillock Where action potentials start Collaterals Branches off axon
Synaptic terminals Site where neuron communicates with other cells
Multipolar Neuron Two or more dendrites One axon Most common Control skeletal muscles
Unipolar Dendrites and axon continuous Cell body off to one side Sensory neurons
Bipolar neuron One dendrite One axon Sight, smell, hearing
Sensory Neurons Receive information from receptors External receptors—touch, temperature, pressure and senses Proprioreceptors—position and movement of muscles and joints Visceral (internal) receptors—taste, deep pressure, pain
Motor Neurons CNS to rest of body Interneurons Only brain and spinal cord Coordinate motor activity