Nervous System Lessons

In this lesson you will learn about

1. Watch this video to learn about how the nervous system is organized in the body. 

2. Watch this video to learn about a neuron. Only watch up until 7 minutes. The rest is for a different lesson.

2. Once you've watched the video answer the questions from this document. These questions will help make sure that you correctly understand the information from the lesson.

3. Read Chapter 11 page 366-369 and page 372-373 from the textbook for a deeper understanding of this material.

This PowerPoint outlines all the main points that you need to know from this lesson. You can use this PowerPoint as a review when you revisit this information at a later date.

Self Assessment Section. Have you come away from the lesson knowing all of the things that you need to know?

i) I can define this list of words:

ii) I can organize the hierarchy of the nervous system using this prompt and these words:

central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, nervous system, brain, spinal cord, sensory pathways, motor pathways, sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, somativ nervous system, autonomic nervous system.

iii) I can draw the structure of a neuron.