The Nervous System

Here is a diagram of the nervous system.

We are studying the Nervous System. The main function of the nervous system is to transmit signals from one part of you body to the brain. There are two different parts of the system, first is the somatic, which transmits signals from the skin to the brain. The second is the Autonomic, it regulates body processes that are involuntary like: blood pressure and the rate of breathing.

Something interesting fact that we learned is that there are 100 billion neurons in just your brain itself. Another thing that we learned was that there are two kinds of nervous system. There is one part that controls the voluntary movements, and the involuntary ones. Some questions we have are:

    1. What part of the brain does receives the signals that the nervous system transmits?
    2. How does the nervous system control senses other than touch?
    3. How many axons are there in your body?

We hope to figure out more about the nervous system.

 

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