UNIT III: BODY CONTROL & INTEGRATION
BODY SYSTEMS ARE CONTROLLED AND REGULATED BY THE COMBINED ACTIONS OF THE NERVOUS AND
ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
DATE
TOPIC / ACTIVITY
HW DUE (MAJOR
ASSESSMENTS IN BOLD)
11/19 – 11/20
11/30 – 12/1
Introduction to the nervous system
Nervous Impulses and Reflexes
12/2 – 12/3
12/4 – 12/7
12/8 – 12/9
12/10 – 12/11
12/15 – 12/18
1/6 – 1/7
1/8 – 1/11
1/12 – 1/13
1/14 – 1/15
1/19 – 1/20
1/21 – 1/22
1/25 – 1/26
1/27 – 1/28
Brain structure and function
Traumatic brain injuries & sympathetic vs
parasympathetic division
Review
Review
Exam week
Eye structure and function
Refractive errors & Eye dissection
Ear structure and function
Chemical senses
Senses lab
Endocrine system
Glandular yearbook work day
Review & year book presentations
1/29 – 2/1
2/2 – 2/3
2/4 – 2/5
Exam
Disease presentations work day
Disease presentations due
Neuron articles &
worksheet
Read chapter 7
FINAL EXAMS
Read chapter 8
Quiz
Read chapter 9
Glandular
yearbook due
EXAM
Disease
presentations due
OBJECTIVES
Nervous system
 Describe the organization of the nervous system
 Identify and describe the function of the cells of the nervous system
 Describe the anatomy of a neuron
 Describe how nerve impulses are generated and transmitted
 Identify the components of a reflex arc
 Describe the structure of the brain including:
o Regions (Figure 7.12)
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o Features (gyri, sulci, fissures, lobes, location /difference between grey and
white matter)
o Lobes and major sulci (Figure 7.13a)
o Diencephalon and brain stem features (Fig 7.15 a)
Describe the functions of the following brain regions
o Gray matter of cerebral cortex
o White matter of cerebral cortex
o Corpus callosum
o Diencephalon
o Thalamus
o Hypothalamus
o Mammillary bodies
o Brain stem
o Cerebellum
Describe the function and maintenance of cerebrospinal fluid and the blood-brain
barrier
Describe the causes and symptoms of traumatic brain injuries
Compare and contrast the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
Special Senses
 Describe the structure of internal anatomy of the eye (Figure 8.3) and relate
structures to function
 Compare and contrast rods and cones
 Describe the passage of light through the eye
 Explain how images form on the retina
 Explain how differences in eye shape cause myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism
 Describe the structures of the ear (figure 8.12) and relate structures to function
 Describe mechanisms of hearing and equilibrium
 Describe the structure and location of chemoreceptors
Endocrine System
 Describe how hormones bring about effects in the body
 Identify the major endocrine glands and hormones the hormones produced by them
(figure 9.3)
 Describe how hormones use negative feedback to regulate body processes
Analyze data using the information above!
VOCABULARY
Nervous System
 integration
 central
nervous
system
 peripheral
nervous
system
 afferent
 efferent
 somatic
 autonomic
 neuroglia
 astrocytes
 microglia
 ependymal
 oligodendro
cytes
 Schwann
cells
Special Senses
 sclera
 cornea
 choroid
 sclera
 optic disc
 ciliary body
 lens
 iris
 pupil
 rods
 cones
 retina
Endocrine System
 hormone
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satellite
cells
Nissl
substance
dendrites
axon
myelin
sheath
nodes of
Ranvier
ganglia
interneuron
irritability
conductivity
polarized
depolarized
action
potential
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repolarizati
on
salutatory
conduction
reflex arc
neural tube
ventricles
cerebral
hemisphere
s
gyri
sulci
fissures
lobes
white
matter
gray matter
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photoreceptors
fovea centralis
aqueous humor
vitreous humor
refraction
accommodation
optic chiasma
myopia
hyperopia
astigmatism
mechanorecept
or
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chemoreceptor
cerumen
maculae
otolithic
membrane
otoliths
crista
ampullaris
cupula
endolymph
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target cells
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endocrine gland
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exocrine gland
negative
feedback