Psych neuroscience.ppt
Section 36.1 Summary – pages 943 - 950 Neurons conduct impulses throughout the nervous system. Neurons: Basic Units of the Nervous System Dendrite Axon.
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Animal tissues
Most axons of the nervous system are surrounded by a myelin sheath (myelinated axons) The presence of myelin speeds up the transmission of action potentials.
Animal Tissues. Epithelial tissue Simple (single layer) cuboidal (cube shape) Simple columnar (single layer of column shape)
The Nervous System. I. Introduction The basic functional unit of the nervous system is the neuron Neuron Specialized cell that transmits information.
Neurons Structure and Conduction of a Nerve Impulse.
Nervous System Divisions Central Nervous System –Brain & Spinal Chord Peripheral Nervous System –Autonomic-involuntary –Somatic-voluntary.
Nelson Bio Chapter 9. The brain operates on the amount of electrical power that would light a 10 watt bulb Your brain weighs 1/50 of your adult weight.
Body Systems Nervous System. Nervous System Functions Sensory input – sense organs, receptors, –afferent neurons Integration – Central Nervous System(CNS)
