CHAPTER 1: STIMULI AND RESPONSES

NOTES

1.1 HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM

1. Name the system that control our body coordination.
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2. Draw and label the human nervous system.

3. State the four function of human nervous system.

i.
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ii.____________________________________________________________________________________
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 iii.____________________________________________________________________________________
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iv.
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4. Complete the chart below that shows the type of responses in human

Responses in human

a) _______________________ b) ________________________

 are conscious actions and  are actions that occur immediately

conducted under one’s will without conscious control or prior
 all actions are controlled by the thoughts.
brain  Can be divided into two

c) Examples: Involving medulla d)Involving __________

(i)__________________ oblongata
(ii)__________________
(iii)__________________ e) Examples: f) Examples:
(i)_____________
(i)
(ii)______________
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(iii)_____________
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(ii)_________________
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5. Complete the flow map below to show the pathway of impulse in a voluntary action. (pg 6)

Nerve impulse
Stimulus Nerve impulse

6. Complete the flow map below to show the pathway of impulse in an involuntary action (reflex action)
(pg 8)

Nerve impulse
Stimulus Nerve impulse

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IMPORTANCE OF THE NETWORK OF HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM IN DAILY LIFE (pg 10)
1. State the importance of the human nervous system in life.
The network of human nervous systems
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2. What happen if a person’s nervous system is damage?

A damaged nervous system normally causes a person to become ______________, ______________ or
______________ paralysed

3. The diagrams show what will happen if a person’ nervous system is damage. Explain why the situations in
diagram occur?

(a) Partially paralysed individual:

Occur when the nerves in the muscle of a _____________________ are injured, the person will face
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(b) Patient using a breathing machine:

In the case of a more serious problem, he might have to depend on _____________ to carry out his
_______________________________ such as breathing or heart beating