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CHAPTER 28Nervous System
28.1 Nervous systems receive sensory input, interpret it, and send
out appropriate commands
• The nervous system has three interconnected functions– Sensory input: receptors-structures
specialized to detect certain stimuli– Integration: through the spinal cord & brain– Motor output: effectors-respond to a
stimulus such as muscles or glands
28.1 Nervous systems receive sensory input, interpret it, and send out appropriate commands
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Nervous System
• Central nervous system– brain & spinal chord
• Peripheral nervous system– nerves from senses– nerves to muscles
cerebrum
cerebellum
spinal cord cervicalnerves
thoracicnerves
lumbarnerves
femoral nerve
sciatic nerve
tibialnerve
Three types of neurons correspond to the nervous system’s three main
functions
– Sensory neurons convey signals from sensory receptors into the CNS
– Interneurons integrate data and relay signals
– Motor neurons convey signals to effectors
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Types of neuronssensory neuron(from senses)
interneuron(brain & spinal chord)
motor neuron(to muscle)
28.2 Neurons are the functional units of nervous systems
• Neurons are cells specialized to transmit nervous impulses
• They consist of– a cell body ~contains the nucleus– dendrites (highly branched fibers) stimulus toward cell body– an axon (long fiber) carries impulses away from cell body
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signaldirection
myelin coating
Myelin coating Axon coated with insulation
made of myelin cells speeds signal
signal hops from node to node (Nodes of Ranvier)
330 mph vs. 11 mph
Multiple Sclerosis immune system (T cells) attacks myelin coating loss of signal
Multiple Sclerosis immune system (T cells) attacks myelin coating loss of signal
Supporting cells protect, insulate, and reinforce neurons
• The myelin sheath is the insulating material in vertebrates– It is composed of a chain of Schwann cells linked by nodes of
Ranvier– It speeds up signal transmission– Multiple sclerosis (MS) involves the destruction of myelin sheaths
by the immune system
NERVE SIGNALS AND THEIR TRANSMISSION 28.3 A neuron maintains a membrane
potential across its membrane• The resting potential of a
neuron’s plasma membrane is caused by the cell membrane’s ability to maintain – Polarity– outside axon membrane +– Inside axon membrane -
• Resting potential is generated and maintained with help from sodium-potassium pumps– These pump K+ into the cell
and Na+ out of the cell
28.4 A nerve signal begins as a change in the membrane potential
• A stimulus alters the permeability of a portion of the plasma membrane
– Ions pass through the plasma membrane, changing the membrane’s voltage
– It causes a nerve signal to be generated• An action potential is a nerve signal
– It is an electrical change in the plasma membrane voltage from the resting potential to a maximum level and back to the resting potential
28.5 The action potential propagates itself along the neuron
• An action potential is an all-or-none event
28.6 Neurons communicate at synapses
– It is a junction or relay point between two neurons or between a neuron and an effector cell
• Synapses are either electrical or chemical – Action potentials pass
between cells at electrical synapses
– At chemical synapses, neurotransmitters cross the synaptic cleft to bind to receptors on the surface of the receiving cell
28.9 Connection: Many drugs act at chemical synapses
• Drugs act at synapses and may increase or decrease the normal effect of neurotransmitters– Caffeine– Nicotine– Alcohol– Prescription
and illegal drugs
28.12 The peripheral nervous system of vertebrates is a functional hierarchy
Peripheralnervous system
Sensorydivision
Motordivision
Autonomicnervous system(involuntary
Somaticnervous system(voluntary
Sympatheticdivision
Parasympatheticdivision
Sensingexternalenvironment
Sensinginternalenvironment
28.13 Opposing actions of sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons regulate the internal
environment– The
parasympathetic division primes the body for activities that gain and conserve energy
– The sympathetic division prepares the body for intense, energy-consuming activities
28.15 The structure of a living supercomputer: The human brain
28.15 The structure of a living supercomputer: The human brain II
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Primitive brain • The “lower brain”
– medulla oblongata– pons– cerebellum
• Functions– basic body functions
• breathing, heart, digestion, swallowing, vomiting (medulla)
– homeostasis– coordination of movement (cerebellum)
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Higher brain • Cerebrum
– 2 hemispheres– left = right side of
body– right = left side of
body• Corpus callosum
– connection between 2 hemispheres
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Division of Brain Function• Left hemisphere
– “logic side”– language, math, logic operations, vision &
hearing details– fine motor control
• Right hemisphere – “creative side”– pattern recognition, spatial
relationships, non-verbal ideas, emotions, multi-tasking
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Cerebrum specialization
frontal
temporal
• Regions specialized for different functions• Lobes
– frontal• speech,
control of emotions
– temporal• smell, hearing
– occipital• vision
– parietal• speech, taste
reading occipital
parietal
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Limbic systemControls basic emotions (fear, anger), involved in emotional bonding, establishes emotional memory
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Simplest Nerve Circuit Reflex, or automatic response
rapid response automated
signal only goes to spinal cord no higher level
processingadvantage
essential actions don’t need to think or
make decisions about blinking balance pupil dilation startle
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cerebrum
cerebellum
spinal cord cervicalnerves
thoracicnerves
lumbarnerves
femoral nerve
sciatic nerve
tibialnerve
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