1. Why does your body need a communication system?
SPONGE 3
Why does your body need a communication system?
Which system, the endocrine or the nervous, controls the rate at which you blink?
How might a clogged blood vessel affect the endocrine system’s ability to deliver signals?

2. Why does your body need a communication system?
A communication system allows the body to respond to its environment and maintain homeostasis
2. Which system, the endocrine or the nervous, controls the rate at which you blink?
The nervous system controls the rate of blinking because it controls fast processes.
3. How might a clogged blood vessel affect the endocrine system’s ability to deliver signals?
A clogged blood vessel might slow down the delivery of signals by the endocrine system, but not the nervous system

3. Controls thoughts and movement
Quick
Send signals
Slower
Includes CNS and PNS
disconnected
Respond to stimuli
Connected network
Nervous system
Endocrine system
Chemical Signals
Controls thoughts and movement
Maintain homeostasis
Controls growth and development
Electrical Signals

4. Standard 9.d
Students know the functions of the nervous system and the role of neurons in transmitting electrochemical impulses.
Standard 9.e
Students know the roles of sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons in sensation, thought, and response.

5. KEY CONCEPT The nervous system is composed of highly specialized cells.

6. Make up an information network (Like the internet)
Neurons (aka nerve cells)are cells that can store information and send and receive messages within the nervous system.
Make up an information network (Like the internet)
Cell body
axon
Dendrites

7. Neurons are highly specialized cells.
A neuron has three parts.
1. cell body has nucleus and organelles 1
Cell body

8. Neurons are highly specialized cells.
A neuron has three parts.
1. cell body has nucleus and organelles
2. dendrites receive messages from neighboring cells 2
dendrites

9. Neurons are highly specialized cells.
A neuron has three parts.
1. cell body has nucleus and organelles
2. dendrites receive messages from neighboring cells
3. axon carries messages to other cells 3
axon

10. Draw and label this neuron:
Cell body
axon
Myelin sheath
Dendrites

11. Sponge 4
Neurons (nerve cells) are cells that can store information and send and receive messages.
In a paragraph, hypothesize how drug or alcohol use might affect neurons?

12. How does the structure of a neuron make it effective in carrying out the functions of the nervous system?

13. How does the structure of a neuron make it effective in carrying out the functions of the nervous system?
Neurons have long extensions called axons, which allow messages to be carried long distances without having to pass the signal to another cell.

14. There are 3 types of neurons:
Sensory neurons: detect stimuli and transmit signals to the brain and the spinal cord
Interneurons: receive signals from sensory neurons and relay them within the brain and spinal cord
Motor neurons: pass messages from the nervous system to the other tissues in the body, such as muscles
* Specialized support cells- such as the myelin sheath- insulate neurons’ axons and helps them send messages

15. Neurons transmit information in the form of electrical and chemical impulses
When a neuron is stimulated, it produces an electrical signal within that neuron
Before it can move to the next cell it changes into a chemical signal
You react

16. Electrical Impulse reaches terminal.

17. Electrical Impulse reaches terminal.

18. Electrical Impulse reaches terminal.
Neurotransmitters (chemicals) release into synapse.
synapse
impulse
neurotransmitter
vesicles
receptor

19. Electrical Impulse reaches terminal.
Neurotransmitters (chemicals) release into synapse.
Neurotransmitters stimulate next cell.
synapse
impulse
neurotransmitter
vesicles
receptor