THE NERVOUS SYSTEMLiz Baquerizo A.

NERVOUS SYSTEM1.What is the Nervous System?

2. Do you know the organs of the Nervous System?

3. Do the following words sound familiar to you?

BRAIN CEREBRUMCEREBELLUM

BRAIN STEM

OBSERVECOMMA

BRAIN DAMAGE

CONSEQUENCES

THE BRAIN IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

THE BRAIN

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Three main parts

CEREBRUM

Controls voluntary actions

Stores data

2 Hemispheres

CEREBELLUM

Coordinates movements and controls balance.

BRAIN STEM

Connects with spinal cord.

Neurological functions.

SPINAL CORD

BRAIN STEM

NERVES

Carry information from the brain to the body

Sensory Nerves Motor NervesInformation from theorgans to the brain andspinal cord

Information from thebrain and spinal cord toorgans

DO YOU REMEMBER?1.What are the main parts of the brain?

2. What part of the brain controls movements and balance?

4. What part of the brain stores data?

3. What is the function of the brain stem?

5. If a person cannot walk after an accident, what part of the brain was injured?

DO YOU REMEMBER?

6. Where is the SPINAL CORD?

7. How do we call the long fibers that connect the brain and spinal cord with the organs?

8. If you cannot feel a match burning you, which nerves have been damaged?

9. What are the parts of the Nervous System we have talked about today?