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Nervous system Funcionts:

- Regulates and coordinates the functions and activities of the body.

- It has three basic functions:

1- Sensory: Perceives internal and external changes (stimuli) with receptors.

2- Integrator: Analyze sensory information and make the appropriate decisions.

3- Motor: Causes responses of muscles or glands.

Central N.S

- Receives the information and processes it to control the bodily functions.

Peripheral N.S

- transmit the information to the central nervous system and conduct their orders to the
bodies responsible for executing them.

Somatic N.S

- Conducts nervous impulses from the central nervous system to the striated musculature,
causing voluntary movements.

Autonomous N.S

- controls the involuntary functions of the viscera, such as heart rate, digestion, respiratory
rate, salivation, sweating, dilation of the pupils, urination and sexual arousal.

Sympathetic N.S

- Is related to activities that require energy, then, acts in response to situations of alertness
or stress

Parasympathetic N.S

- their actions are opposite to those of the sympathetic nervous system

- returns to the organism to the condition of rest and lower energy consumption.

Enteric N.S

- controls the activity of the muscles of the digestive tract in the digestion of food.

- is responsible for the emotions that are felt in the stomach

1. Meningitis

Is an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord.

-Product of a viral infection, but other causes are bacterial, parasitic and fungal infections.

-In some cases, meningitis improves without treatment in a few weeks. In others, the disease
requires emergency treatment with antibiotics.
symptoms such as headache, fever and stiff neck, Seizures, sensitivity to light, confusion or
difficulty concentrating

2. Huntington disease

Causes the wear of some nerve cells in the brain.

-they are born with the defective gene. -the symptoms appear until after 30 or 40 years.

-Initial symptoms: uncontrolled movements, clumsiness and balance problems.

Later: it possibly prevents walking, talking and eating.

-There is no cure. There are medicines that can help control some symptoms

3. Parkinson's disease

Nerve cells (neurons) do not produce enough of an important chemical in the brain (dopamine).

-usually begins around 60 years.

-symptom: Tremor in different parts of the body (hands, arms, legs, jaw and face), stiffness in
the arms, legs and trunk, slowness of movements, problems of balance and coordination

-There is no cure for Parkinson's disease. But there are several medicines that sometimes help to
greatly improve symptoms. In severe cases, surgery and deep brain stimulation.

4. Cerebral stroke

the flow of blood from a part of the brain stops.

-causes: Ischemic stroke or Brain-vascular hemorrhagic accident

Symptoms: headaches, confusion or loss of memory, dizziness or vertigo, loss of balance or


coordination, or problems walking, muscle weakness in the face, arm or leg (usually only on one
side)

- Immediate treatment is needed. They use anticoagulants, medicines to control high blood
pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, special procedures or surgery

5. Multiple sclerosis

caused by damage to the nerve due to inflammation. Inflammation occurs when the body's own
immune cells attack the nervous system.

-there are muscular, bladder and bowel, eye, brain and neurological, sexual and numbness
symptoms, tingling or pain. -There is no known cure for MS so far. However, there are
treatments that can delay the disease. The goal of treatment is to stop your progress, control
symptoms and help the person maintain a normal quality of life.

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