PPT-Nervous

imposterism and the art of effortless perfectionism February 2016 nervous imposterism Natalie Portman at Harvard Imposter Syndrome Imposter syndrome was identified in the 1970s by a pair of social scientists who were trying to understand why so many of the highachieving women they were studying felt like frauds There are male sufferers including apparently Tom Hanks and Einstein but the scientists who identified the phenomenon stated that it disproportionately affects women  and intelligent ones at that . NERVOUS SYSTEM. NERVOUS SYSTEMS RECEIVE SENSORY INPUT, INTEPRET IT, AND SENT OUT APPROPRIATE COMMANDS. NERVOUS SYSTEMS. MOST INTRICATELY ORGANIZED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM ON EARTH. NEURON. FUNCTIONAL UNIT; SPECIALIZED NERVE CELL FOR CARRYING SIGNALS FROM ONE LOCATION IN THE BODY TO ANOTHER. Central Nervous System. Peripheral Nervous System. The Nervous System. Central Nervous System. The Nervous System. Central Nervous System. Central Core. Limbic System. Cerebrum. The Nervous System. Central Nervous System. Structure and Function. 2. Input. (sensation). Output. (action). In order to understand behavior, we must understand the operating mechanism of the nervous system. What is the function of the nervous system?. A). Neurology. – study of nervous system. B) . neuron. s. – conducting cells of the nervous system, normally do not divide (non-mitotic). C) . neuroglia. – supporting cells of the nervous system, mitotic, numerous. Central Nervous System (CNS). Brain and Spinal Cord. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). All other nervous tissue throughout the body. Central Nervous System (CNS). Nerve Tissue:. White Matter or Gray Matter. What is the Nervous System?. Body’s electrochemical communication system. How your brain communicates with limbs, organs, etc.. Built from cells called . neurons. Neurons. A nerve cell, or a neuron, consists of many different parts.. The nervous system has 2 major components:. Central Nervous System (CNS). Peripheral Nervous System (PNS).. The CNS. The Central Nervous System includes the brain and the spinal cord. . They are so important to the human body that they are encased in bone for protection.. Section 1 – Functions & Divisions of the Nervous System (pp. 386-387). This is your brain…. The Nervous System. And this is your brain – IN ANATOMY!!. Or better yet…. The Nervous System. Functions of the Nervous System. The nervous system works by sending electrical impulses along neurones (nerve cells).. The Nervous System. There are two main parts:. Central nervous system. – brain and spinal cord. A network of nerves. Functions of the Nervous System. Sensory input. Information gathered by sensory receptors about internal and external changes . Integration. Interpretation of sensory input. Motor output. Activation of effector organs (muscles and glands) produces a response. Peripheral Nervous System. Autonomic Nervous System. Allied Health I. Central Nervous System. Communication and coordination system of the body. Seat of intellect and reasoning. Consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Brain. Spinal Cord. Nerves. Vocabulary to Know . Homeostasis. The regulation of steady, life-maintaining conditions inside an organism, despite changes in its environment . Nerve Cells . Neurons. Basic functioning units of the nervous system . 1. Two main divisions. a. . Central Nervous System . (CNS) – consists of brain and spinal cord. b. . Peripheral Nervous System . (PNS) – includes nerves extending from . brain and . spinal . cord . A. Central Nervous System (CNS). 1. . Functions . A) . Acts . as command center. B) . Interprets . sensory information and dictates response based on past experience, . reflexes, . and current body conditions.