The Nervous System

- It controls the physiological and psychological reactions even physical.

- It has three principal functions: Sensory, integration, and motor output
Sensory Input
- Sensory receptors in our skin detect objects or things that may touch us or we touched.
Integration
- The nervous system process that input and decides what should be done about it.
Motor output
- The response that occurs when your nervous system activates certain parts of the body.

Two main parts (organization of nervous system)

Central Nervous System (CNS)
- Brain and spinal cord
- Main control center
- Decides what to do and gives the order what to do

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

- All nerves that branch off from the brain and spine to communicate with the rest of the
body
Sensory Division or Afferent picks up sensory stimuli

Motor Division or Efferent

• sends direction from the brain to the muscles and glands
• includes somatic or voluntary nervous system that rules the skeletal muscles and the
autonomic or involuntary nervous system (sympathetic division mobilizes the body
into action)
• Parasympathetic relaxes the body
Diseases:
Bell’s palsy
- sudden weakness or paralysis in one side of the face. It is caused by inflammation or
damage to the facial nerve.
Parkinson's disease
- is a disorder of the nervous system. It results from damage to the nerve cells that produce
dopamine, a chemical that is vital for the smooth control of muscles and movement.
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy is a long-term brain condition where a person has repeated seizures.
Cerebral palsy
- Cerebral palsy is a condition that affects body movements due to brain injury. The injury
can happen before, during or after birth and does not get worse over time.
- The brain damage affects body movement and posture. It often shows up as either
floppy or stiff muscles, or involuntary muscle movements.
- Cerebral palsy can affect movement, coordination, muscle tone and posture. It can also
be associated with impaired vision, hearing, speech, eating and learning.
- The damage to the brain is permanent. There is no cure. Life expectancy is normal or
near normal in mild cerebral palsy, but the effects of cerebral palsy can cause stress to
the body and premature ageing.
Motor neurone disease (MND)
- Motor neurone disease (MND) is the name for a group of diseases that affects particular
nerves known as motor nerves, or motor neurons. In MND, those neurons generate and
die and slowly the muscles become weaker. This eventually leads to paralysis. It is also
known as Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS.

LINK:
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/nervous-system-diseases