nerves

The nervous system carries messages from the brain to all the parts of the human body-- all faster than you can blink!.

Taste, touch, sight, hearing, and smell: these five senses help us navigate the world, process information about our surroundings, and stimulate responses in our bodies. Readers will learn the science behind our amazing senses in this innovative book.

This book introduces readers to the nervous system and explains how it controls the body.

Explores the human body's nervous system, detailing the anatomy and functions of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Examines the localization of brain functions, explaining the physiology behind left and right brain activities. Examines the interaction of the spinal cord and nerve endings, details the five senses and sense organs, and describes the physiology of equilibrium.

In this innovative book, readers will learn how bones and muscles work together to support the human body and enable its many movements.

Describes the structure and functions of the human nervous system, how it works to support other body systems, and how to keep it healthy.

Examines touch as one of the five senses, looks at skin and its role in touch, and explains how the skin, nerves, and brain work together to allow people to feel.

Explores the nervous system and explains how its connection to the other body systems.

Presents an examination of cells of the nervous system, in simple text with illustrations, describing the neurons and glia, their roles in developing the adult nervous system, and how they are affected by injuries, disease, and drugs.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the research conducted by nineteenth-century histologists Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ram?n y Cajal in the area of how nerve cells communicate and the discovery of the synapse, the space between those cells.