nervous+system

By: Kimanh Nguyen

The nervous system serves as the information gatherer, storage center, and control system for the human body.



There are three main parts to the nervous system:
 * 1) Brain
 * 2) Signal cord/spinal cord
 * 3) Peripheral nerves

v Brain v Signal cord/spinal cord v Peripheral nerves
 * Ø A jelly-like substance that allows humans to survive through automatic processes, including breathing and digesting. It also enables us to think, reason, love, forgive, create, and remember. The brain surface lies within “gray matter,” which are wrinkled folds.
 * Ø It serves as the reflex center for all spinal reflexes by providing a two way route to/from the brain.
 * Ø Cord-like structures containing bundles of nerve fibers that transmit signals or sensory information from the signal cord/ spinal cord to the rest of the body.