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Nervous System

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NERVOUS System

RECEIVES AND REACTS
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WHAT ORGANS DO WE USE?

  • Brain
  • Spinal Cord
  • Skin
  • Ears
  • Eyes
  • Tongue
  • Nose
  • Nerves
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGAN?

  • Brain- processes information from sensory organs and coordinates a response
  • Spinal cord- connects Brain to the nerves
  • Skin- feel things
  • Ears- hearing
  • Eyes- seeing
  • Tongue- taste
  • Nose- smell
  • Nerves- sense, transfer, and move

WHAT OTHER SYSTEMS DOES IT WORK WITH?

  • Skeletal
  • Muscle
  • Circulatory
  • Respiratory
  • Endocrine
  • Digestive
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HOW DOES WORK WITH THE SYTEMS?

  • Skeletal- helps you move
  • Muscular- helps you move
  • Circulatory- it makes the blood vessels contract and relax, and makes your heart beat
  • Respiratory- it makes you breathe without thinking
  • Digestive- helps keep homeostasis
  • Endocrine- helps keep homeostasis

WHAT IS NARCOLEPSY?

  • The disease makes you feel drowsy all day to the point where you might fall asleep.
  • People who get it are immune to a certain gene.
  • They are trying to find a cure

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A STROKE?

  • Strokes can happen to anybody.
  • A stroke happens when a blood vessel in your brain burst or clogs.
  • There is no cure, but you go therapy or rehab.

WHAT ARE SOME FUN FACTS?

  • There are 13.5 million neurons in your spinal cord.
  • Our brain stops growing when we are 18.
  • Your spinal is about 2 feet long and has the diameter of your pointer finger