Coordination in Animals


A system made up of nerve cell - Nervous System

The Control and Coordination in higher animals called [Vertebrates] takes place through nervous system as well as hormonal system called [Endocrine system]

Five sense organ in our body:-
Eyes 
Nose
Tongue
Ears
Skin
Sense organ contain [receptors]

Receptor - It is a cell in a sense organ which is sensitive to a particular type of stimulus such as {light, sound, smell, taste, heat, pressure, etc}

Eye have [Light Receptors]{Photoreceptors}

Nose have [Smell Receptors]{Olfactory receptors}

Ear have [Sound Receptors]{Phonoreceptors}

Tongue have [Taste Receptors]{Gustatory receptors}

Skin have receptors for detecting heat, touch, pressure, cold and pain, etc. 
{Thermoreceptors detect heat or cold}

Control and Coordination in human
Two system of Coordination of activities in human:-
a) Nervous System
b) Endocrine System [Hormonal System]

Human Nervous System
Function:- Coordinate the activities of our body. 
Nervous system helps all other systems of our body to work together. 
Human Nervous System receives information from the surroundings. 

UNIT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM : NEURON

Structural and functional unit of nervous system [Neuron]

Nervous System is made of special 
cells called [Neurons]

Largest cell in our body [Neuron]

Neurons carry message in the form of electrical signals called [electrical impulses or nerve impulses]

Neuron [or nerve cell] has three components
a) Cell Body
b) Dendrites, and
c) Axon

Cell body of the neuron also contain [cytoplasm and nucleus] 

Number of long or thin fibres are stretching out from the cell body of the neuron are called [Nerve fibres]

On the body of the neuron, have short fibres called [Dendrites]

Longest fibre on the cell body of a neuron is called [Axon]

Axon has an insulating and protective sheath around it of [Myelin] 

Myelin is made of [Fat and protein]

Both [Dendrites and Axon] arise from the cell body of a neuron. 

[Dentrites] pick up the nerve impulses from receptors. 

They pass the impulses to the [cell body] and then along the [axon]

[Axon] passes the impulse to another neuron through a junction called [synapse]

Neurons are of three types:
a) Sensory Neurons
b) Motor Neurons
c) Relay Neurons

Sensory Nerrons transmit impules from the sensory cells [or receptors] towards the central nervous system [Spinal cord and brain]

Motor sensory transmit impulses from the central nervous system [spinal cord and brain] towards the mucles cells [or effectors]

Relay neurons occur in the central nervous system [brain and spinal cord] where they serve as links between other neurons.

How nerve impulses are transferred from one neuron to another in the nervous system. 

There is not a complete joint of neuron in the rervous system. 

Synapse - Very little gap between the two neurons where they join. 

[Nerve impulses] are carried over this small gap between a pair of neurons by means of a chemical substance called [Neurotransmitter substance]

[Synapses] insure that nerve impulses travel in only one direction. 

Organs of Human Nervous System

Main organs of human nervous system are:-
a) Brain
b) Spinal cord
c) Nerves

Brain location [Inside the skull of our head]

Spinal cord [It is a very thick nerve which runs inside the cavity of backbone in our body]

Upper end of [Spinal cord] is attached to the [Brain]

[Brain and Spinal cord] are connected to all sense organs and other parts of our body by millions of nerves. 

Two types of nerves in our body:
a) Cranial nerves 
b) Spinal nerves