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    I believe the first thing your body will do is hear the phone ring, which is a disruption in activity. So, the sympathetic nervous system will kick into alert. The pupil will dilate to allow the person to see more, the heart rate will increase so the blood will be supplied to areas that needs the glucose and use it for energy in case any muscles need to be contracted for moving. Then the person look at the phone after hearing a sound, the cones and rods in the retina will send a signal to the…

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    The nervous system is a major system in the body that is the master of control and communication in and throughout the body (Marieb and Hoehn 345) There are two parts of the nervous system, the central nervous system, which consists of the brain and the spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, which is everything outside of the brain and the spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system deals extensively with sensations of the body and these sensations are sent to the central nervous system…

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    Falling at number eight on the thirteen steps of complexity are organ systems. These organ systems are extremely important in the makeup of organisms. Two very important organ systems are the muscular and nervous systems. Both have separate functions and organs and also have their own fair share of problems. The muscular system composes of the tissues and organs that are used to exert a force, whether under voluntary or involuntary control. Muscles are composed of long, slender cells called…

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    Autonomic Nervous System

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    Music actually has underlying effects on our bodies that we are not conscious of. When listening to music, the autonomic nervous system and respiratory system are affected. As we receive auditory information about the music, there is a tendency to match our breathing with the tempo of the song, which involves a mechanism between the autonomic nervous system and the respiratory system, called sympatho-respiratory coupling (Watanabe et al. 2015). This utilizes neural links with auditory…

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    The system is what makes up our body, it's the foremost sophisticated of the various systems within the body, and it's conjointly a network of nerve cells and fibres that transmits nerve impulses between components of the body. This essay will explore the structure and functions of the system similarly as well as looking in depth at the neurons and how they communicate The system is split into two components, the central nervous system- which incorporates the brain and also the spinal cord. The…

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    For our organ system project, we decided to research the nervous system. The nervous system includes the brain, the spinal cord, and the peripheral nerves. It is a complex collection of nerves and neurons which carry messages to different parts of the body. The nervous system is responsible for responses of the body to environmental changes. The Nervous system is made up of two components: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system entails the brain…

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    in information and efferent nerves carry out information. 2. Study Figure 2.1. What makes up the Central Nervous System (CNS)? The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. 3. When you accidentally touch a hot burner on a stove, which part of your nervous system carries the pain message from your skin to your brain? The somatic nervous system. This system carries information from your skin and muscles to your spinal cord. 4. The physiological arousal that…

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    Neuro's Nervous System

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    The human body is a phenomenal system that is skilled in working with a handful of diverse thought functions. For example, neurons are the building blocks of the nervous system. They interact with one another from the nervous system to transmit messages throughout the body, as well as sensory information. In fact, neurons change from different size and shape. The nervous system contain three separate functioning components: the sensory division, the motor division, and the interneurons. First,…

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    Nervous System Eassy

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    The body is made up of many systems working together as a whole and the most significant one is the nervous system. The nervous system is responsible for making sure the rest of the body does what it needs and without this elaborate electrical system the body would have no meaning. There are many components to this beautiful labyrinth of nerves that allows us to be the marvelous humans we are. This system is complicated in itself but broken down into its peripheral, somatic, autonomic, and…

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    Nervous System Essay

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    I chose to focus on the Nervous System. The Nervous system is made up of the central and peripheral nervous system that are linked with one another to create sensations throughout the body. The Central Nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord, while the Peripheral Nervous system consist of nerves that are enclosed in axon that connect the Central system to the rest of the body. Both the brain and the body can transmit signals from to the other, however, the names differ depending…

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