Nervous System

Nervous System

1. Central Nervous System (CNS)

   • The Brain
     • Cerebrum
       • Controls
         • Memory
         • Language
       • Process
         • Touch
         • Sight
       • Largest part of the brain
     • Cerebellum
       • Controls
         • Voluntary movements
         • Balance
         • Posture
       • stores info. about the movements you often do
     • Brain Stem
       • Controls
         • Voluntary Movements
       • Connects
         • The Brain with the Spinal Cord
   • The Spinal Cord
     • Tubelike structure of neurons
       • Neurons:
         • Sends info. quickly back and forth between the brain and other body parts
     • Information Highway
     • Vertebrae protects the Spinal Cord

2. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

   • Somatic System
     • Controls
       • Skeletal Muscles
     • Voluntary Movements
   • Autonomic System
     • Involuntary Movements
     • Controls
       • Smooth muscles
       • Cardiac Muscles