Nervous f a c t s

system a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward

The brain
Receives and processes sensory
Trivia
The left side of human brain controls the
such a state between the different but interdependent
elements or groups of elements of an organism

information, initiates responses, right side of the body and

stores, memories generates thoughts
Spinal
Cord
Conducts signals to and from
the brain, controls reflex
activities, links to
communication between
brain and rest of the body
brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
right side of human brain
controls the left side of the body.
Taste is the weakest of the five senses.
There is no link between
brain size and intelligence.
There are more nerve cells in the human

ne As we get older, the brain loses

rv almost one gram per year.
es
Messages carried A deviation from a normal set point
by the nervous acts as a stimulus to a receptor, which
system are electrical signals (impulses); sends nerve impulses to a regulating
nerve cells that transmit impulses. center in the brain. The brain directs an
effector to act in such a
way that an adaptive
response takes place.
The adaptive response CO
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returns the body to a state of
normalcy and the receptor, the
1 This kind of damage affects the memory, cause by
damage in the frontal lobe. Sufferers have memory
blanks when relating to past experiences in their life.
regulating center, and effector
temporarily cease the activities.

2 Lack of oxygen or injury of a new born baby can affect https://pt.slideshare.net/ofhel/disorder-of-the-

the abilities of the child to use and control muscles.
nervous-system
3 The inability to construct sentence either in voice or mhhe.com
on paper, to the inability to recognize speech itself.
 RELATED
DISEASES Electricity produced in the axons of
our neurons is the increase and decrease of
sodium and potassium levels in a cell.

Body’s neurons use electricity to send message.

Cerebrospinal fluid does more than

protect your brain. It also helps remove waste
and helps keeps the brain cool.

Most neurons in our body are with us

for life and cannot be replaced if they are lost
through brain or spinal cord damage.

A disease of Loss of Wherein a A Neurons change their shape many

the nerves control person has particularly times throughout their life, growing and
wherein a over seizure that intense eliminating dendrites as needed.
person has a speech and often involve form of
deterioration head and convulsions headache The cortex makes up 80% of the human brain
of memory, body or the region that has expanded the most throughout
thinking and movements loss of human evolution.
reasoning consciousness
. Your body
Sometimes
below your
your spinal
Since the nervous head and neck
cord acts
system does not store is controlled
independent
by 30 spinal
nutrients, it must receive a of the brain.
nerves.
continuous supply from
blood. Any interruption to
the flow of blood
may bring brain
damage or death.
The nervous
system maintains
homeostasis by
controlling and
regulating the
other parts of the body.