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NERVOUS SYSTEM
By Janene Avery
NERVOUS SYSTEM
WHAT IS THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM?
 Your nervous system is the control and communication
system of the body. Its job is to send and receive messages.
Your nervous system controls all your thoughts and
movements.
NEURONS
The cells that make up the nervous
system are called neurons. Long,
stringy neurons are perfect for
carrying the electrical messages that
are the "language" of the nervous
system.
BRAIN
The brain is the command center of your
entire body. The brain is the body's main
information center. It is made of billions of
neurons. The brain helps the body respond to
the information it receives from the senses.
The brain also processes thoughts. When you
think, neurons in your brain are working.
SPINAL CORD
• The spinal cord is a tube of
neurons that runs up the spine
and attaches to the brain stem.
Information from nerves that
branch out to the rest of the body
goes to the spinal cord. Some
messages are processed by the
spinal cord but most information is
sent on to the brain.
WHAT CAN GO WRONG IN
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
• Disease of the nervous system
marked by a deterioration of
memory, thinking, and reasoning.
CARPAL TUNNEL
SYNDROME
Disorder caused by the
compression at the wrist of the
median nerve supplying the hand,
causing numbness and tingling.
EPILEPSY
Disorder of the nervous system
marked by seizures that often
involve convulsions or the loss of
consciousness.
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
Inherited, progressive disease
causing uncontrollable physical
movements and mental
deterioration.
MIGRAINES
A particularly intense form of
headaches.
POLIOMYELITIS
Contagious viral disease that
can cause damage to the central
nervous system, resulting in
paralysis and loss of muscle
tissue.
 And many more….
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
DAMAGE IS MADE?
 If the nervous system becomes damaged it could become
a major or a minor problem, depending whether it is your
central or peripheral nervous system that is damaged
 If your peripheral nervous system is damaged, there is a
good chance it isn’t fatal. Damage to your peripheral nervous
system means that the nerves have been cut from that area
and messages cannot be received by that part of the body.
There are hundreds of peripheral nerve disorders that can
effect one, or many nerves. They can be as extreme as
carpal tunnel syndrome or as moderate as diabetic nerve
problems. Symptoms of peripheral nerve disorders include:
 Numbness
 Pain
 Tingling
 Muscle weakness
 Touch sensitivity
WHY DO WE NEED THE
NERVOUS SYSTEM?
Your brain is the main organ of your body
which is why it is a part of the central nervous
system. Without the nervous system we
wouldn’t be able to move, function or think,
this is because the nervous system is what
makes everything in your body work.
 Think of the brain as the main computing system that controls what
goes on with the other computers and the nerves are the network that
relays messages from one body part to another. If one of the networks
were to break, no messages would be able to be sent to that area of the
body therefore that organ or limb is useless. Then imagine the main
computing system shuts down. The body is now brain-dead as the nerves
have no main system to get their messages from. This is why the central
nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) is covered by bone, to
protect it from harm.

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Nervous system

  • 3. WHAT IS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?  Your nervous system is the control and communication system of the body. Its job is to send and receive messages. Your nervous system controls all your thoughts and movements.
  • 4. NEURONS The cells that make up the nervous system are called neurons. Long, stringy neurons are perfect for carrying the electrical messages that are the "language" of the nervous system.
  • 5. BRAIN The brain is the command center of your entire body. The brain is the body's main information center. It is made of billions of neurons. The brain helps the body respond to the information it receives from the senses. The brain also processes thoughts. When you think, neurons in your brain are working.
  • 6. SPINAL CORD • The spinal cord is a tube of neurons that runs up the spine and attaches to the brain stem. Information from nerves that branch out to the rest of the body goes to the spinal cord. Some messages are processed by the spinal cord but most information is sent on to the brain.
  • 7. WHAT CAN GO WRONG IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
  • 8. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE • Disease of the nervous system marked by a deterioration of memory, thinking, and reasoning.
  • 9. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME Disorder caused by the compression at the wrist of the median nerve supplying the hand, causing numbness and tingling.
  • 10. EPILEPSY Disorder of the nervous system marked by seizures that often involve convulsions or the loss of consciousness.
  • 11. HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE Inherited, progressive disease causing uncontrollable physical movements and mental deterioration.
  • 13. POLIOMYELITIS Contagious viral disease that can cause damage to the central nervous system, resulting in paralysis and loss of muscle tissue.
  • 14.  And many more….
  • 16.  If the nervous system becomes damaged it could become a major or a minor problem, depending whether it is your central or peripheral nervous system that is damaged
  • 17.  If your peripheral nervous system is damaged, there is a good chance it isn’t fatal. Damage to your peripheral nervous system means that the nerves have been cut from that area and messages cannot be received by that part of the body. There are hundreds of peripheral nerve disorders that can effect one, or many nerves. They can be as extreme as carpal tunnel syndrome or as moderate as diabetic nerve problems. Symptoms of peripheral nerve disorders include:
  • 18.  Numbness  Pain  Tingling  Muscle weakness  Touch sensitivity
  • 19. WHY DO WE NEED THE NERVOUS SYSTEM?
  • 20. Your brain is the main organ of your body which is why it is a part of the central nervous system. Without the nervous system we wouldn’t be able to move, function or think, this is because the nervous system is what makes everything in your body work.
  • 21.  Think of the brain as the main computing system that controls what goes on with the other computers and the nerves are the network that relays messages from one body part to another. If one of the networks were to break, no messages would be able to be sent to that area of the body therefore that organ or limb is useless. Then imagine the main computing system shuts down. The body is now brain-dead as the nerves have no main system to get their messages from. This is why the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) is covered by bone, to protect it from harm.