2. Objectives:
*Explain the importance of the
central nervous system
*Define the movements of
neurons in the human body
*State the function of neuron-to-
neuron and neuron-to-muscle
3. Neural - Relating to a nerve of the
nervous system. Situated in the region
of the body or the side of the body as
the brain and spinal cord: DORSAL
Neutral - Not helping or supporting either side in a
conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial. Having no
strongly marked or positive characteristics or
features
7. Central Nervous System (CNS)
Nervous system includes the
brain, spinal cord, and a
complex network of nerves. This
system sends messages back
and forth between the brain and
the body.
The brain is what controls all the
body’s functions.
The spinal cord runs from the
brain down through the back
nervous
8. Peripheral Nervous
System
Peripheral nerves reside outside the brain and the spinal cord. They
relay information between the brain and the rest of the body.
• SENSORY (afferent) nerves carry signals to your brain or report
information to the brain.
• MOTOR (efferent) nerves respond by sending messages from the
CNS to the body for movement.
9. Types of Motor Nerves
• The AUTONOMIC nervous system controls involuntary
bodily functions and regulates glands.
• The SOMATIC nervous system controls muscle movement
and relays information.
10. 2 division of the autonomic nervous system
• Sympathetic (SNS) is the division that is predominant during
exercise and responding to dangerous or stressful situations.
• Parasympathetic (PARA SNS) is the division that is
predominant at rest and responsible when there are not any
stressful demands on the body.
12. NEURONS
Neurons are information messengers. They use electrical impulses and
chemical signals to transmit information between different areas of the brain,
and between the brain and the rest of the nervous system.
13. Dendrites
A dendrite (tree branch) is where a
neuron receives input from other cells.
Parts of Neurons
Nucleus
The Nucleus of a neuron is an oval-
shaped membrane-bound structure found
in the soma or body of the neuron
Nucleolus
An area inside the nucleus of a cell that is
made up of RNA and proteins and is where
ribosomes are made.
14. Nissl Bodies
Nissl bodies, also called nissl substance, are
granules in the cytoplasm of nerve cell bodies that
are strongly stained by basic dyes and appear as
basophilic clumps on light microscopy.
Axon hillock Medicine
Axon hillock is an axon nerve fiber that is a long
projection of a neuron that carries the outbound
neuronal cell signals as opposed to dendrites, which
are the short protrusions from the neuronal cell body
that brings in the inbound signals to the neuron.
Cell body
The cell body contains genetic information, maintains
the neuron's structure, and provides energy to drive
activities
15. Myelin
Myelin is an insulating layer, or sheath that forms
around nerves, including those in the brain and
spinal cord.
Node of Ranvier
These are the gaps formed between the myelin
sheath where the axons are left uncovered.
NEURILEMMA
Neurilemma is the plasma membrane
surrounding a Schwann cell of a myelinated
nerve fiber and separating layers of myelin.
16. Axon terminal or synaptic knob
A synaptic knob is a terminal branch at the
end of the post-synaptic neuron. The
presynaptic neuron ends in swelling and is
called the synaptic knob.
Axon
Each neuron in your brain has one long
cable that snakes away from the main part
of the cell. This cable, several times thinner
than a human hair, is called an axon, and it
is where electrical impulses from the
neuron travel away to be received by other
neurons.
18. SYNAPSE (neuron-neuron)
A synapse is a small gap at the end of a neuron that allows a signal to pass from
one neuron to the next or a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a
minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.
19. Parts that are involved in synapse
Presynaptic Neuron
Transmits the signal toward a synapse.
Postsynaptic Neuron
Transmits the signal away from the
synapse.
Synaptic Vesicle
Synaptic vesicles (SVs) are small, electron-
lucent vesicles that are clustered at
presynaptic terminals.
20. Neurotransmitter
Neurotransmitters are chemical
messengers that your body can't function
without.
Synaptic Cleft
The space between neurons at a nerve
synapse across which a nerve impulse is
transmitted by a neurotransmitter.
Postsynaptic Receptors
Part of the neuron that receives a nerve
impulse after it has crossed a synapse.
21. What do you know about the
Neuromuscular junction?
22. Neuromuscular Junction/ NMJ (neuron –
muscle)
The neuromuscular junction, also called myoneural junction, site of chemical
communication between a nerve fibre and a muscle cell. The neuromuscular junction
is analogous to the synapse between two neurons.
23. Parts that are involved in Neuromuscular Junction
Motor end plate
A motor end plate is a chemical synapse
that is formed at the sites where the terminal
branches of the axon contact a target
muscle cell.
Motor neurons fiber
Motor neurons are divided into two groups.
Alpha motor neurons innervate extrafusal
fibers, the high-contracting fibers that supply
the muscle with its power.
24. Nerve fiber Branches
Group A nerve fibers are one of the three
classes of the nerve fiber as generally
classified by Erlanger and Gasser. The
other two classes are the group B nerve
fibers and the group C nerve fibers. Group A
is heavily myelinated, group B is moderately
myelinated, and group C is unmyelinated
Myofibril of muscle fiber
Also known as a muscle fibril or sarcostyle
is a basic rod-like organelle of a muscle
cell.