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Let’s Recap
The nervous system is the highway along which your brain sends
and receives information about what is happening in the body
and around it. This highway is made up of billions of nerve cells,
or neurons (say new-rons) which join together to make nerves.
LET’S RECAP
NEURON- FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF NERVOUS
SYSTEM
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SYNAPSE
Synapse, also called neuronal junction, the site of transmission of
electric nerve impulses between two nerve cells (neurons) or
between a neuron and a gland or muscle cell (effector)..
Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhowH0kb7n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5zFgT4aofA
NERVE
A nerve is a fibre that sends
impulses through the body.
It is formed of a bundle of axons
(nerve fibres) enclosed in a tubular
medullary sheath.
The sheath acts like an insulation
and prevents the leakage or mixing
of impulses in the adjacent fibres.
Types of nerves
Extra info.
PARTS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
STRUCTURE OF BRAIN
- Central organ of the
nervous system.
- Average weight is
1.5 kg.
- Protected in a bony
structure called the
skull or cranium.
- The three main
parts are:
1. Cerebrum
Stick the picture of diagram
2. Cerebellum
3. Medulla Oblongata
CEREBRUM
The cerebrum is the uppermost part of the brain. It contains two
hemispheres split by a central fissure. The cerebrum itself
contains the major lobes of the brain and is responsible for
receiving and giving meaning to information from the sense
organs, as well as controlling the body.
Extra info.
Extra info.
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
Functions
Carries out and regulates life sustaining
functions like: Breathing, heart rate,
Swallowing and peristalsis.
Its functions are involuntary.
It controls life activities like breathing and
regulates blood pressure.
As a part of brain stem it also helps to transfer
neural messages from brain to the spinal cord.
FUNCTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRAIN
SPINAL CORD
Functions
1. To control reflexes below neck.
2. To conduct messages from skin and
muscles to brain.
3. To conduct commands from brain to
the muscles of trunk and limbs.
4. Controls movement and locomotion.
EXTRA INFO.
COMPARISON OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
STRUCTURES Stick picture
Q1.
HOTS
1. Why there are grooves and ridges on the surface of the brain?
(HINT: Relate it to large surface area )
2. Why does the alcoholic person finds difficulty in balancing his
body?
(Hint: Relate the answer directly to the function of the cerebellum)
3. Why we would not be able to live without Medulla oblongata?
( Hint: Relate the answer to the functions of Medulla)
Read page no 64 to 68 from your text book. Recapitulate the content we studied in
this module.
In the next module we will study
Peripheral nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Reflex action
