Nervous System

1. NervousSystem By Jack, Savanna and A.J.

2. 1)What is the role that your body system plays in the human body 2)What are the major organs that make up your system 3) How do these organs work together 4) Explain how your system is connected to two other body systems 5)What are the levels of organization in humans Table of contents

3. 6)Name two common diseases or disorders that directly affect your system. 7)How can you maintain a healthy system 8)Name and describe two professions that work with this system. 9)Give five did you know facts about your system 10)References Table of contents

4. What is the role that your system plays in the human body. The nervous system makes every thing work, without it we would not be able to move function of think or on command move yourself Therefore if you did not have a nervous system (brain) you would not meet all nine characteristics of a living thing so you not be living.

5. Some people have found that using “non drug” methods including acupuncture and hypnosis but, some easier methods are to try not to get stressed as well as eating proper meals, exercising and getting a good sleep. Maintaining a healthy Nervous System

6. The nervous system is connected to other body system, for example two are: nervous systems' receptors are in the muscular systems' muscles which provide the brain information about the body position and movement, the brain controls, the contraction of skeletal muscle and the nervous system regulates the speed at which food moves the digestive tract (a tube that goes from your mouth to your anus). The nervous system’s brain monitors the respiratory system volume and blood gas levels, and the brain regulates the respiratory systems’ rate. How the Nervous System is connected to other Systems

7. Parts of the system The major organ in the nerves system are the brain and the spinal cord. The Nervous system also helps maintain all other organs, systems, hormones and Many other things(keeps them doing their functions) as well as allows us to use Our senses.

8. The brain and spinal cord work together by synapses( a junction between two nerve cells), that transmit signals that are either electrical or chemical. How the major organs in the Nervous system work together

9. One profession is a neurologist he study's the brain, if you suffer from diseases, and conditions seeing a neurologist may help you The neurologist helps you with the brain spinal cord and all of your nerves in your body. Name and describe two professions

10. Psychology is another study of how the brain works and how it thinks as well as behavior and the psychology’s also helps people that have brain disorders or mental disorders. Name and describe two professions

11. Some diseases the human brain can have: degenerative disorders (not function as well), such as Parkinson's disease (uncontrolled movement, unbalance) multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease (Forget things easily). Some disorders are: Dyslexia (either can not read or order of words are mixed up) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (have to have every thing in a certain place) and Narcolepsy (fall asleep). Diseases and Disorders

12. Brain: the brain controls the other organs, hormones and systems. Nervous tissue: The nerve cells (many make up nerve tissue) send electrical impulses through out the body, telling the rest of the body what to do. Nerve cell: the axon send electrical impulses while the dendrites (Which branches from the main part of the cell) receives them. Levels of organization in the human body

14. 5 Facts about the Nervous System When a part of your body falls asleep it is because of pressure being put on a nerve. Every day 27 Canadians get a brain tumour. There are more nerve cells in your brain than stars in the Milky-Way. If we lined up all the neurons in our body it would be 600 miles long. Without the nervous system you would not be able to dream.