Human Nervous

System
By Yanwei Yang

What is Nervous System?

The structure and function of
human body are more complicated
than we thought. Every human
body organ is not a single being,
they are all connected and reacted
correctly when the surrounding
living environment changed. This
connection is the nervous system.

How does the nervous system work

We live in a complex world, every minor
stimulation of outside world will be recepted by
nerve receptor(under your body surface), after the
reaction of nervous system and it will send out
nerve impulse to maintain the accurate operation of
body system. Let your body adapt the environment
and maintain homeostasis. Therefore nervous
system is playing the leading role in your body.

Neurons and Nerve Fibers

Receptive zone(nucleus to the dendrite), once dendrite
receipts stimulation will have graded electrogenesis and
the information will be finishing in soma.
Trigger zone(axon hillock), when action potential
occurs, decides whether create Nerve Impulses or not.
Conducting zone(axon) can produce action potential
transfer nerve impulses according to all or none law.
Output zone(nerve endings), it receipts nerve impulses
and releases chemicals in order to dominate the next cell,
this is called synaptic transmission.

Central Nervous System

1. Central nervous system is where
the neural tissue most concentrate at.
Human central nervous system
includes brain and spinal cord.
Human bodys reflex activities
majority represent at central nervous
system. The characteristic of synaptic
decided the unidirectional of
excitatory transmission, therefore
cause the reaction of outside/inside
stimulation more coordinated and
accurate.

What does central system do

2. Central nervous system accepts
afferent information from
everywhere of your body, processes
these information and exports
coordinate motion instructions, or
storages in the central nervous
system as the foundation of
learning, memorizing.

Peripheral Nervous System

1. Afferent system, is assembled by sensory
neurons(afferent neurons). Peripheral
receptor conveys stimulation to the sensory
neurons and sensory neurons conveys to central
nervous system.
2. Efferent system, is assembled by motor
neurons. The motor neurons(efferent neurons)
transports reaction from central nervous system
to muscles and glands.

Peripheral nervous system(2)

1. Somatic nervous system is composed of output neurons
(afferent neurons). Somatic nervous system can produce skeletal
muscle movements, but also by the volitional control.
2. The autonomic nervous system is composed of output
neurons(efferent neurons), it is not volitional control.
The autonomic nervous system is divided into sympathetic nervous system
and the parasympathetic nervous system. These two sets of nervous system
stimulation and inhibition, respectively, play the opposite effect, in order to
maintain the body's internal homeostasis.

Interesting facts you might not know

Message transmission to the brain speeds up to
180 miles per hour.
The human brain consists of about 100 billion
neurons. If all of these neurons are arranged, it
will form a 600-mile long queue.
The right side of the brain controls the left side of
the body, while the left brain controls the right
side.

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Thank You for being

patient and respectful.
Teacher: Ms. Cavallo
Student: Yanwei Yang
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