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Table of Contents
1: The Process of The Nervous System ......p.3
2: Importance of the Nervous System .........p.4
3: Parts of the Nervous System .....................p.5
4: Deadly Diseases of the Nervous System ...p.6
5: How to Keep Your Nervous System Healthy ..p.7
6: Conclusion .....................................................p.8
7: Did you know? .................................................p.9
8: Activity .............. ............... .............. ............... .p.10
9: Glossary ...................... .............. ............... ........p.11
10: Bibliography .......................................................p.12
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Importance ofthe NervousSystem
Your nervous system is veryimportant because it keepsyou from danger. For
example if you put yourfinger on a stove by accidentyour brain sends a messageto your finger telling you toremove it from the stove.Without your brain, youcouldnt move, talk, eat,write, blink, read or learnnew things.
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Deadly Diseases ofthe Nervous System
There are many diseases thataffect the nervous system such
as sclerosis, schizophrenia,phobias, depression, andParkinsons disease.
Sclerosis leads to problems likevision problems, weakness,difficulty walking, memoryproblems, and feeling you haveneedles tingling your foot .Schizophrenia is when someone
loses control of their own thinking.
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Someone loses control of their
own thinking
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How to Keep Your NervousSystem Healthy
There are many ways tokeep your nervous system
healthy. One way is byeating vegetables, fruits,grains and dairy products.Another way is by playingsports and exercising.Finally dont do unhealthythings like drink alcohol,use drugs or smoketobacco which can affectyour nervous system!
Dairy products: milk, cheese and yogurt,
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Did you know ?
* Your brain is more watery than blood.
* If your spinal cord is damaged you cant moveyour arms or your legs.
* The fastest brain messages can travel about 580kmph (360mph)
* Your body carries more than 3 million messagesa second that travel between your brain and yourbody .
*The left side of human brain controls the right sideof the body and the right side of the brain controlsthe left side of the body.
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Glossary
Brain: Your brain is the boss of
your body. It controls everything
you do like breathing, thinking,
your senses, walking, and every
movement of your muscles.
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Dopamine: a
substance
Depression: is when
someone feels hopeless
for no reason.
Nerves: Your nerves send
messages back and forth,
to the brain and to the
body
Parkinson disease: is a
disease that destroys
neurons by a substance
called dopamine
Phobias: happen when someone is
extremely afraid of something that
most people dont find scary like
insects water, heights, clowns and
other things.Schizophrenia: is when
someone loses control of
their own thinking.
Strokes: happen when blood
vessels in your brain burst or
get blocked.
Sclerosis: leads to problems like vision
problems, weakness, difficulty walking,
memory problems, and feeling you have
needles tingling your foot
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