The Nervous System

The main system that controls the body and communication; includes the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs, and all of the nerves that connect organs to the rest of the body.

• Nervous System

• dendrites

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

This part of the system takes in information from the senses and responds to it; includes the brain and spinal cord

• axon

• Central Nervous System

one of the most important organs that controls breathing, circulation, senses, movement and memory, stores emotions and handles pain.

• brain

• cerebellum

a thin bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and nearly all other parts of the body

• spinal chord

• brain stem

the point where two neurons connect; this connector helps send information from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to cells.

• cerebrum

• Peripheral Nervous System

the part of the brain at the back of the skull that coordinates muscles, voluntary movements posture, and balance.

• cerebellum

• neuron

the largest part of the brain located in the front of the skull; it has two hemispheres; controls thinking, memory, speaking, and movement

• Peripheral Nervous System

• impulses

the stem-like part of the base of the brain connected to the spinal cord; controls the flow of messages between the brain and the rest of the body, breathing, swallowing, heart rate, blood pressure, and consciousness.

• synapse

• brain stem