This article, the first in a six-part series, reviews several basic aspects of cellular biology, anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. Anatomically, the ...

◇A spinal nerve contains. ◇Ventral (anterior) roots. ◇Motor fibers from motor neurons in anterior horn. ◇Dorsal (Posterior) roots.

It controls and coordinates all essential functions of the body including all other body systems allowing the body to maintain homeostasis or its delicate ...

In our body the nervous system detects and responds to changes from normal functions both inside and outside the body. It is a complex system made up of the ...

Nervous System. Subdivisions: CNS (Central Nervous System). PNS( Peripheral Nervous System). ANS (Autonomic Nervous system). Page 4. Nervous tissue - Cell Types.

The peripheral nervous system and central nervous system process the neural impulses conducted by each axon. Many of these axons are individually wrapped with a ...

Nervous System. • The nervous system basically is the control center of the body. • the nervous system is divided into two main parts: 1. Central nervous system ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, which includes nerve ...

Sensory input—gathering information. ▫ Sensory receptors monitor changes, called stimuli, occurring inside and outside the body. 2. Integration. ▫ Nervous ...

nervous system was made up of a single interlinking network (similar to arteries and veins). According to the reticular theory the brain is an exception to cell ...