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Nervous System

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Nervous System

The nervous system is generally the primary communication system of the body and

controls all body functions by taking in sensory inputs, processing the information, and finally

communicating. The basic unit of the nervous system is the neuron which acts both as a sensor

and the communicator. The primary functions of the nervous system are getting the sensory

information from external sources, processing the received data, and responding to the stimuli

appropriately. Without the nervous system, an individual will not be able to take in data from

external sources, neither can the individual respond actively to the external stimuli. The system

guides an individual's daily activities such as waking up, breathing, and complex tasks such as

thinking, reading, feeling emotions, and remembering. The body has very many nerve cells, and

all neurons have different tasks related to where they are located.

The world health organization report majors with neurological disorders are growing due

to extended aging. The report shows that neurological disorders are increasing with a significant

percentage in the population of most countries globally and therefore aims to create awareness in

the global health community in all countries worldwide (Diamandis & Aldape, 2018). The world

health organization report concludes that neurological disorders are the main challenge in many

countries worldwide. Ideally, an article by Tim Newman states that although many scientists

have studied the nervous system, three are very many secrets that are tied to it. According to

Tim, brain functionality is supported by nerves such as the retina, optic nerve, olfactory nerves,

and the olfactory epithelium (Tim Newman, 2017). Tim, in his article, states that the brain is the

central control of the body and controls all of its functions and makes a conclusion that the

standard functionality of the brain is highly dependent on the nervous system.

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Both the world health organization report and Tim's article were written with the larger

community as the audience in mind because both documents aim at feeding knowledge of the

nervous system to their readers, make them understand how the system works, and also suggest

possible ways to maintain the standard functionality of the nervous system, however, the world

health organization major on neurological disorders while Tim's article majors with making its

reader understand more of the functionality of the nervous system (Tim Newman, 2017). Tim's

article and the world health organizations were written in a style that any reader would easily

follow and grasp main points without strain. In other words, the two documents were written in a

user-friendly style. However, the world health organization report takes the format of a book as it

shares some characteristics of a book, such as having a table of contents, acknowledgment, and a

preface. At the same time, Tim's article does not observe these writing techniques and takes the

format of an essay. Tim, in his article, draws its evidence mainly from written books and expert

knowledge on the nervous system and its functionality. On the other hand, the world health

organization report uses research, estimations, and future projections as evidence to make and

support an issue. However, both of these documents, Tim's article on the nervous system and the

world health organization report, uses evidence to prove their points (Zeisel et al., 2018). Tim's

article on the nervous system is a potential source of bias compared to the world health

organization report because Tim only relies on information books and experts to explain the

functionality of the nervous system and fails to relate with real life. However, both articles are

biased because the word health organizations uses future projections that can change with time.

The world health organization report is the most biased and objective. The report is

objective because it relies primarily on neurological disorders, their causes, and dealing with the

disorders appropriately. Personal feelings and opinions significantly contribute to the report's
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writing because, in instances of estimations and projections, human opinions are heavily required

to help determine how the trend of neurological disorders will be in the future (Diamandis &

Aldape, 2018). Individual opinions and feelings are often objective and biased because they are

not based on fact but on what an individual thinks about something. Projecting the future based

on current and past data is inappropriate because as time elapses, many individuals understand

the nervous system, the major causes of the disorders, and how to prevent the neurological. With

this information, future projections can be changed. According to these facts, the world health

organization report is considered to be biased and objective.

The nervous system is described as the control system of the body. The neurons in the

nervous system control everybody's activity and help the body respond quickly to any external

stimuli that INS detected by the neurons. No individual can service without the nervous system

because this will render them incapable of doing even simple activities such as breathing (Svorc,

2018). The nervous system is described to have components such as the central nervous system,

which comprises the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. The peripheral nervous system is also a

nervous system component, consisting of the sensory neurons, ganglia, and nerves. The

connection of both components facilitates the standard functionality of the human body.

The potential sources of bias in live science include, first, the involvement of individual

opinions. When developing the website, the involvement of individual feelings can result in bias.

A website developer can leave out vital information on purpose when the individual feels certain

information is unnecessary. Secondly, unreliable information sources are a potential source of

bias. In some cases, information on websites is not correct. Unreliable sources mainly result from

the website developer using the wrong information sources; for instance, when a website

developer discusses the nervous system gets information from sources discussing draught.
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Lastly, the use of inappropriate language to discuss an issue is a potential bias. Using

inappropriate language in describing an issue could push away some readers who might find the

language offensive or irrelevant to the topic of discussion.

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References

Diamandis, P., & Aldape, K. (2018). World Health Organization 2016 classification of central nervous

system tumors. Neurologic clinics, 36(3), 439-447.

Svorc, P. (Ed.). (2018). Autonomic Nervous System. BoD–Books on Demand.

Tim Newman. (2017). Central nervous system: Structure, function, and diseases. Medical and

health information. 

Zeisel, A., Hochgerner, H., Lönnerberg, P., Johnsson, A., Memic, F., Van Der Zwan, J., &

Linnarsson, S. (2018). Molecular architecture of the mouse nervous system. Cell, 174(4),

999-1014.