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Physiological Psychology: Neuroanatoy Project

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Neuroanatomy Project
Meranda C. Worrell
Physiological Psychology
Argosy University

Our nervous system is there to help to transfer the things our body feels and what we need. The nervous is broken up into two parts, the central nervous system (CNS), and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS controls the brain and the spinal cord, the PNS controls the nerves and the ganglia (a small mass of gray matter). Our body uses the spinal cord to send messages to the nerves so that it can control our organs and muscles.
Our body is like a computer, our brain is the part of the computer that does all of the thinking for you. The PNS is the part of the computer that delivers messages to the body. If we are hot it sends our body a message telling it to cool us down (Brain Facts, 2012). We are filled with nerves throughout our body that send signals to the nerves in the PNS to control our internal organs and make sure that they work properly.
Nerve cells are made up of things called neurons, the cell body of the neuron has a long tinny axon that is covered by something called a myelin sheath, the axons are what pass the information from neuron to neuron and other cells in the body. The axons have a cover to protect them called myelin, this is what allows the brain and spinal cord to communicate with each other (Lindhom, 2014). …show more content…

The thoracic section controls the chest, and the lumbar and sacral section controls the legs. The autonomic nervous system is made up of neurons that connect the CNS with our internal organs; there are two parts to the autonomic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system rallies energy the things that the body needs during times of immense stress or even arousal. The parasympathetic nervous system helps us to save energy while we are in a relaxed state such as sleep (Brain Facts,

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