The document discusses the nervous system and defines some key terms related to it. It notes that the nervous system contains neurons that coordinate animal actions and transmit signals between body parts. It then defines analgesia as the absence of pain or sensation and provides an example of its use. Finally, it contrasts hemiplegia, which is paralysis of one side of the body, and quadriplegia, which is paralysis of all four limbs.
2. an organ system containing a network of
specialized cells called neurons that
coordinate the actions of an animal and
transmit signals between different parts of
its body.
3. analgesia
absence of pain or sensation
Mr. Mackey is taking analgesia medication for his
knee.
4. Paralysis of one side Paralysis of four
Mary suffered from My friend become a
hemiplegia of her left quadriplegic after a
for four years after freak motor cycle
her stroke accident
hemiplegia quadriplegia