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Mar 22, 2022 · You have two main types of nerves: Sensory nerves carry signals to your brain to help you touch, taste, smell and see. Motor nerves carry signals to your muscles or glands to help you move and function. You also have two main groups of nerves branching out from your brain and spinal cord: Cranial nerves: These 12 nerve pairs originate in your ...
Nov 16, 2023 · Your nervous system’s main function is to send messages from various parts of your body to your brain, and from your brain back out to your body to tell your body what to do. These messages regulate your: Thoughts, memory, learning and feelings. Movements (balance and coordination). Senses (how your brain interprets what you see, hear, taste ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Neurons. Neurons, or nerve cell, are the main structural and functional units of the nervous system. Every neuron consists of a body (soma) and a number of processes (neurites). The nerve cell body contains the cellular organelles and is where neural impulses (action potentials) are generated. The processes stem from the body, they connect ...
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Jul 18, 2023 · Neurons are one of the most fascinating types of cell in the human body. They are essential for every action that our body and brain carry out. It is the complexity of neuronal networks that gives ...
May 4, 2023 · The nervous system is made up of all the nerve cells in your body. It is through the nervous system that we communicate with the outside world and, at the same time, many mechanisms inside our body are controlled. The nervous system takes in information through our senses, processes the information and triggers reactions, such as making your muscles move or causing you to feel pain. For ...
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Oct 10, 2024 · The nervous system is an organ system that handles communication in the body. There are four types of nerve cells in the nervous system: sensory nerves, motor nerves, autonomic nerves and inter-neurons (neuron means nerve cell). You can divide up all the nerves in the body into roughly two parts: the central nervous system and the peripheral ...
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Sep 1, 2024 · They send electrical impulses and chemical signals to and from the brain. Most neurons have three parts: a cell body, which contains the nucleus and cytoplasm; an axon, which transmits information away from the nucleus; and dendrites, which receive messages from other neurons. The main types of neurons include motor neurons, which transmit ...
