Module 5 Communication, homeostasis & energy

1. Module 5 Communication, homeostasis & energy Block 2C – 5.5 Animal responses 5.5.5 The nervous system

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3. Learning Objectives Success Criteria • To understand what affects the transmissions of action potentials • Outline why animals need to respond to the environment (Grade E - D) • Outline the organisation of the nervous system (Grade C –B) • Outline the roles of the autonomic nervous system (Grade B – A)

4. Starter – 2 marks each. Question 1 Question 2 • Saxitoxin is a chemical that blocks voltage gated sodium ion channels. • What effect is it likely to have on the nervous system? • Guillane-Barre syndrome is an auto-immune disease whereby the myelin sheath around certain neurones is damaged. • How does this result in muscle weakness and paralysis? Sodium ions unable to diffuse into the neurone through the channels. Neurone will not be depolarised so no action potentials Conduction of impulses slower – similar effect to an unmyelinated neurone. Nerve impulse may be conducted more slowly or not at all

5. Why animals need to respond to the environment. • Write down one reason on your paper why animals need to respond to the environment. Pass your paper to your neighbour, repeat.

6. Central Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System The Nervous System • Major division - Central vs. Peripheral • Central or CNS- brain and spinal cord • Peripheral- nerves connecting CNS to muscles and organs

7. Brain Spinal Cord Nerves Peripheral Nervous System • 3 kinds of neurons connect CNS to the body • sensory • motor • interneurons • Motor - CNS to muscles and organs • Sensory - sensory receptors to CNS • Interneurons: Connections Within CNS • Role = rapid communication between sensory-CNS-effectors

8. Organisation of the nervous system – draw a flow chart to summarise the below: • The mammalian nervous system is composed of two systems. • The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The PNS consists of all the neurones that connect the CNS to the body, divided into two groups, the sensory nervous system and the motor system. The motor system is further divided into the somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. One is under conscious control, for voluntary actions and the other is under subconscious control – involuntary actions. • This is further subdivided by function into two groups; parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. An increase in activity is associated with the sympathetic nervous system and a decrease in activity is parasympathetic.

9. P e r i p h e r a l N e r v o u s S y s t e m S k e l e t a l A u t o n o m i c ( S o m a t i c ) S y m p a t h e t i c P a r a s y m p a t h e t i c Peripheral Nervous System Use pages 90-92 to add to flow chart the roles of autonomic nervous system

10. Brain Sensory Neuron Motor Neuron Skin receptors Interneuron Muscle Somatic System • Nerves to/from spinal cord • control muscle movements • somatosensory inputs • Both Voluntary and reflex movements • Skeletal Reflexes • simplest is spinal reflex arc

11. Autonomic System • Two divisions: • Sympathetic • Parasympatheitic Referred to as antagonistic systems in many cases the action of one system opposes the action of the other. Under normal resting conditions, impulses are passing along the neurones of both systems at a low rate. Changes to internal conditions, alter the balance of stimulation between 2 systems, which leads to a response • Control involuntary functions • Can be influenced by thought and emotion

12. The Autonomic Nervous System The system can have different effects on the same kinds of muscles because the motor neurones involved secrete different kinds of neurotransmitters at the synapses. • Sympathetic NS uses noradrenaline • Parasympathetic NS uses acetylcholine

14. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SYMPATHETIC Brain Dilates pupil Stimulates salivation Salivary glands Relaxes bronchi Spinal cord Lungs Accelerates heartbeat Heart Inhibits activity Stomach Pancreas Stimulates glucose Liver Adrenal gland Secretion of adrenaline, nonadrenaline Kidney Relaxes bladder Sympathetic ganglia Stimulates ejaculation in male Sympathetic • “ Fight or flight” response • Release adrenaline and noradrenaline • Increases heart rate and blood pressure • Increases blood flow to skeletal muscles • Inhibits digestive functions

15. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASYMPATHETIC Brain Contracts pupil Stimulates salivation Constricts bronchi Spinal cord Slows heartbeat Stimulates activity Stimulates gallbladder Gallbladder Contracts bladder Stimulates erection of sex organs Parasympathetic • “ Rest and digest ” system • Calms body to conserve and maintain energy • Lowers heartbeat, breathing rate, blood pressure

16. Plenary – comparison of autonomic nervous system

17. Plenary - answers

18. Keywords • Neurons that receive information from our sensory organs (e.g. eye, skin) and transmit this input to the central nervous system are called afferent neurones. (think a – into brain) • Neurons that send impulses from the central nervous system to your limbs and organs are called efferent neurones. (think e – to receptors) • Ganglia are the clusters of cell bodies typically linked by a synapse. Ganglia contain the cell bodies of afferent neurones.

19. Progress check • State and explain why breathing, which is an involuntary response, can also be controlled by the somatic nervous system.(2) • Sort these into those which are controlled by the somatic ns and those by the autonomic ns (2) Pupil dilation, throwing a ball, blood pressure, walking

20. Answers • Breathing can be controlled when you (eg) swim underwater (1) to prevent water from entering the lungs (1) • Somatic – throwing a ball, walking (1) • Autonomic – pupil dilation, blood pressure (1)

21. Compare and contrastthe sympathetic and parasympathetic systems • Refer to: length of pre and post ganglionic neurones, location of ganglions, neurotransmitter used, general action of the system, action at most active times Just outside CNS Each lead to separate effector In the effector tissue

22. Compare and contrast

23. Plenary • Why does the sympathetic nervous system inhibit digestion? • What changes are made in your body when you walk down a quiet road late at night and you think that you’re being followed? The sympathetic system prepares the body for activity – oxygen and nutrients must be supplied to the muscles. Therefore blood is diverted towards the muscles and away from the digestive system. Increase in: heart rate, stroke volume, breathing rate, depth of breathing, blood pressure. Diversion of blood towards muscles.

24. Learning Objectives Success Criteria • To understand what affects the transmissions of action potentials • Outline why animals need to respond to the environment (Grade E - D) • Outline the organisation of the nervous system (Grade C –B) • Outline the roles of the autonomic nervous system (Grade B – A)