AMME1362 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Central Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System, Somatic Nervous System

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical)
• Course: AMME1362
• Professor: colin

Document Summary

Contains 2 types of cells: neurons and neuroglia. Neurons cells that send and receive signals. Neuroglia cells that support and protect neurons. Nerves connecting the nervous system with other systems. Sensory receptors of sense organs (eyes, ears, etc) Ns is split up into 2 main parts: central nervous system (cns) and peripheral nervous system (pns) Consists of spinal cord and brain, including neural tissue, connective tissues and blood vessels. System: carries motor commands from cns to. Pns muscles and glands: controls voluntary and involuntary muscle skeletal contractions. System: controls subconscious actions, contractions of smooth muscle and cardiac muscle, and glandular secretions. Branch-like structures extending away from the cell body. They receive messages from other neurons and allow those messages to travel to the cell body. Tube-like structure that carries an electrical impulse from the cell body to the axon terminal, which can then pass the impulse to another neuron. Junction between the cell body and the axon.