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The Nervous System
The Nervous System
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Reasoning Perception
The spinal cord is the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system.
NERVES
Nerves are made up of nerve cells or neurones. There are three types of neurones: sensory, relay and motor neurones. Neurones have a nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane, but they have changed their shape and become specialised.
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SYNAPSES
In between the neurones there is a gap called a synapse. When an impulse reaches the end of an axon, a chemical is released. This chemical diffuses across the gap. This starts an impulse in the next neurone. Drugs and alcohol can affect synapses, slowing down or even stopping them from functioning properly.
THE HUMAN BODY, NERVOUS SYSTEM The Nervous System: the brain, . ., and nerves, is a living communications network carrying various kinds of messages to and from the different parts of your body. The .. .. is composed of nerve fibers that conduct .. into your spinal chord and .., and the other nerve fibers that send information out to different parts of your ... The cells that make up the various parts of the nervous system are called . Each neuron has a , a part of the cell which contains a .. and other structures. But a typical has two other kinds of structures: long . that extend in different directions from the body of the cell. These fibers are often wrapped with a fatty substance called . Fibers that carry . toward the neuron body are called ... Fibers that carry .. away are called .. Different structures are concentrated in different parts of the body. Some .. are bound into clusters called ganglia. They are often associated with your spinal chord. The spinal cord is a long cylinder of . . that passes through the hollow channels of bones called the .. The spinal chord is protected by those .. It is also protected by . membranes called meninges.