Portage Learning: A&P 2, MOD 1

Portage Learning: A&P 2, MOD 1 anatomy focuses on the structure of the body physiology looks at how the body parts function together nervous system receives information, processes information, and sends out signals to the muscles and glands to elicit an appropriate response nervous tissue responsible for the communication between the cells of the body by forming a system of electrical impulses that communicate very rapidly What is included in the CNS? brain & spinal cord What protects the brain? skull What protects the spinal cord? vertebrae What does the CNS do? sends signals or impulses to and receives impulses from the peripheral nervous system nuclei collections of cell bodies inside the CNS tracts collections of nerve axons in the CNS What is included in the PNS? cranial nerves & spinal nerves brainstem regions midbrain, pons, medulla