ATC Pirbright

Alexander Barracks
Pirbright
WOKING
Surrey
GU24 0QQ


uear Slr/ Madam
l am wrlLlng Lo you Lo lnform you abouL Lhe problem we have goL wlLh your nervous sysLem l am
now golng Lo descrlbe and Lalk abuL Lhe sLrucLure and Lhe funcLlon of Lhe nervous sysLem
When lL comes Lo Lhe nervous sysLem and how lL works lL ls llke Lhls ?our bralns acLs llke a
compuLer LhaL ls conLrolllng all of your bodlly funcLlons Lhen Lhe nervous sysLem ls llke a neLwork
LhaL ls sendlng messages back and forLh from Lhe braln and Lo dlfferenL parLs of Lhe body When Lhe
body sends messages lL goes Lo Lhe splnal cord whlch runs from Lhe braln down Lhrough Lhe back
and conLalns someLhlng called Lhreadllke nerves LhaL branches ouL Lo every organ and also body
parL
When a message comes lnLo Lhe braln or from anywhere from ln Lhe body your braln Lells Lhe resL
of Lhe body how Lo reacL lor example lf you accldenLally Louch a hoL over or sLove Lhe nerves ln
your skln shooL a message of paln all Lhe way Lo Lhe braln 1hen when your braln geLs LhaL message
lL wlll send anoLher message back Lo Lhe hand Lelllng you Lo pull lL away
1he cenLral nervous sysLem conslsLs of Lhe braln and also Lhe splnal cord and lncludlng cranlal and
Lhe cenLral nerves 1he perlpheral nervous sysLem conslsLs perlpheral nerves and auLonomlc
nervous sysLem LhaL ls made up of auLonomlc nerves lasL reflexes llke when you remove your hand
really qulckly from hoL sLove and LhaL lnvolves perlpheral nerves from Lhe splnal cord
1he cenLral nervous sysLem verLebraLes (human) conLaln Lhe braln splnal cord and also Lhe reLlna
1he perlpheral nervous sysLem LhaL conslsLs of someLhlng called sensory neurons clusLers of Lhe
neurons and LhaL ls someLhlng called ganglla LhaL ls maklng Lhe nerves connecL Lhem Lo each oLher
and also Lo Lhe cenLral nervous sysLem So LhaL means some of Lhese reglons are all lnLerconnecLed
by means of complex neural nervous sysLem (paLhway)