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Chapter 6
Nervous System
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Exceptionally well-organized system
 Responsible for coordinating all the many
activates performed, both inside and outside,
of the body

NERVES
Fine fibers all over every square inch of the
body
 100 billion nerve cells
 Neurons

NEUROLOGY
Scientific of the structure, function and
pathology of the nervous system
 Understanding how nerves work

 Proficient
manner in administering massages or
shampoos
 Understand the effects treatments have on the
body as a whole
DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Central
 Controls
consciousness and many mental activities
 Voluntary functions of the five (5) senses
 Voluntary muscle action
 Including all body movements
 Facial expressions
 Consists of:
Brain
Spinal cord
Nerves themselves

Peripheral
 Carry
impulses, or messages, to and from the
central nervous system
 Connects outer parts of the body to the central
nervous system
 Sensory and motor nerve

Autonomic
 Controls
involuntary muscles
 Regulates action of smooth (non-striated) muscles,
glands, blood vessels, and heart
THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CHORD

Brain
 Largest
and most complex nerve tissue in the body
 Weighs less than 3 lbs.
 Controls:

sensation, muscles, activity of glands
 And
the power to :
 think,
 12
sense, and feel
pairs of cranial nerves

Spinal Chord
 Portion
of the Central Nervous System originates in
the brain & extends down the trunk
 Protected by the spinal column
 31 pairs of spinal nerves
NERVE CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Neuron – nerve cell
 Dendrites – tree-like branches of nerve fibers
extending from the nerve cell that receive
impulses from other neurons
 Axon – axon terminal – send impulses away
from the cell body to other neurons, glands, or
muscles


Nerves
 Whitish
cords
 Made of bundles of nerve fibers
 Held together by connective tissue
 Impulses transmitted through the tissue
TYPES OF NERVES

Sensory (afferent) nerves
 Carry
impulses /messages from the sense organs
to the brain
 Nerve endings called - receptors

Motor nerves
 Carry
impulses from the brain to the muscles

Reflex
 Automatic
response/reaction to a stimulus causing
a reaction
 Involves movement of an impulse from a sensory
receptor along the sensory nerved to the spinal
cord
 Responsive impulse sent along a motor neuron to a
muscle
NERVES OF THE HEAD, FACE AND NECK

Fifth Cranial Nerve
 Trifacial
 Trigeminal
 Chief
sensory nerve of the face
 Largest cranial nerve
Auriculotemporal nerve – external ear and skin
above temple, up to the top of the skull
 Infraorbital Nerve – skin of the lower eyelid,
side of nose, upper lip, and mouth
 Infratrochlear Nerve – affects the membrane
and skin of the nose –

 inside

corners of the eye
Mental Nerve – skin of lower lip and chin
Nasal Nerve – point of the lower side of the
nose
 Zygomatic Nerve – muscles of the upper cheek
 Seventh Cranial Nerve – Chief Motor Nerve of
the face

Posterior Auricular Nerve – muscles behind the
ear at base of skull
 Temporal nerve – muscle of the temple, side of
the forehead, eyebrow eyelid, upper part of
cheek
 Buccal Nerve – muscle of the mouth


Cervical nerve – side of neck and the platysma
 Originate
in the spinal cord
 Branches supply muscles of the scalp at the back
of the head and neck
Greater Occipital Nerve – back of head, affects
the scalp up to the top of the head
 Smaller Occipital Nerve – base of skull, affect
scalp and muscle behind the ear

Greater Auricular Nerve – side of neck, affects
the face, ears, neck and parotid gland
 Cervical Cutaneous Nerve – side of neck,
affects the front and sides of neck as far down
as the breastbone

NERVES OF THE ARM AND HAND
Digital nerve – fingers
 Radial Nerve – thumb side of arm and back of
hand
 Median Nerve – supplies arm & hand
 Ulnar Nerve – little finger side of arm and palm
of hand

NERVES OF THE LOWER LEG AND FOOT

Tibial Nerve –
 Division
of the sciatic nerve
 Passes behind the knee
 Muscles of the calf
 Skin of leg
 Sole, heel and underside of toes
Sural nerve – outer side and back of the foot
and leg
 Dorsal Nerve – skin on top of the foot
