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Nervous System - Coggle Diagram
Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Brain
4 Lobes
Frontal
Motor control
Problem solving
Speech production
Parietal
Touch perception
Body orientation
Sensory discrimination
Occipital
Sight
Visual reception and interpretation
Temporal
Auditory processing
Language comprehension
Memory/ information retrieval
Main Parts
Cerebrum
The Biggest Part:
Brain Stem
Keeps You Breathing — and More
Cerebellum
Balancing Act
Pituitary Gland
Controls Growth
Hypothalamus
Controls Temperature
Spinal Cord
Three Main Parts
Cervical (neck)
Thoracic (chest).
Lumbar (lower back).
Peripheral Nervous System
Somatic Nervous System
2 Major Types of Neurons (nerve cells)
Sensory neurons
responsible for carrying information from the body to the CNS.
Motor neurons
responsible for carrying information from the brain and spinal cord to muscle fibers throughout the body
Autonomic Nervous System
Comprises 2 Parts
Parasympathetic Nervous System
restores the body to a calm and composed state and prevents it from overworking.
Sympathetic Nervous System
prepares the body for fight and flight response.