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Unit 4 NERVOUS SYSTEM PDF
Unit 4 NERVOUS SYSTEM PDF
cerebrum
Brain stem
cerebellum
• The nervous system is the system through which we send and receive
information.
• The nervous system is divided into two main systems, the central
nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system
(nerves).
• Spinal cord controls involuntary movements and nerves carry information
from the brain to the rest of the body.
• There are two types of movements: reflex and voluntary movements.
• The Nervous System coordinates all the body´s internal processes and do
this through the involuntary muscles and the endocrine system.
ACTIVITIES
1. Complete these sentences.
• The nervous system is the system through which we ………….. and ……………
information.
• The nervous system is divided into two main systems, the central nervous
system and the ……………………………………………...
• In the brain we can distinguish three parts: cerebrum, ………………………. And
brain stem.
• The spinal cord controls ………………………………………… .
• The Peripheral nervous system consists of ……………………….. .
• The ……………………… connects our brain with the rest of our body.
• The brain ……………. messages to the rest parts of the body through the
……………… .
• …………………….. are the principal cells of the nervous system.
• We can distinguish two types of movements: …………………. and
……………………… movements.
4. Look at the pictures, comment with your classmates and write. Voluntary
or involuntary movements?
1
2 3 4
NERVOUS SYSTEM
………………………………… PERIPHERAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
……………… ………………
………………
8. Watch this video, listen and fill in the gaps with the most
suitable word.
fibers nerves pairs outside cells spinal network
inside system thirty one cranial heartbeat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqvoV4R7T2g&feature=related
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