Nervous System

Akopọ

A goat that snatches its hoof off a hot zinc roofing sheet before it even feels the burn, and a bull that arrives at the Kano abattoir with a pounding heart and a silent gut after a rough truck ride from Sokoto, are both being run by the same system: the nervous system. It is the fastest communication network any animal owns, and a stockman who understands it reads an animal's behaviour, health and stress the way a mechanic reads an engine.

In this lesson you will learn the two divisions WAEC expects you to know: the central nervous system, brain and spinal cord, which processes information and fires reflexes, and the autonomic nervous system, whose sympathetic and parasympathetic halves pull the heart, gut and lungs in opposite directions without the animal ever choosing to. You will trace a reflex arc, contrast fight or flight against rest and digest, and see why this physiology decides how a stockman handles, transports and reads the health of every animal in the pen.

Awọn Afojusun

  1. Define the nervous system
  2. Distinguish between the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system
  3. State the functions of the central nervous system
  4. State the functions of the autonomic nervous system
  5. Explain the importance of the nervous system to a farm animal

Akọ̀wé Ẹ̀kọ́

A dairy attendant in Vom finds a cow circling weakly, head pressed to the wall. Near Aba, a herdsman finds a newly castrated buck with its jaw locked stiff. Both are watching the nervous system signal that something is wrong.

Ìdánwò Ẹ̀kọ́

Oriire fun ipari ẹkọ lori Nervous System. Ni bayi ti o ti ṣawari naa awọn imọran bọtini ati awọn imọran, o to akoko lati fi imọ rẹ si idanwo. Ẹka yii nfunni ni ọpọlọpọ awọn adaṣe awọn ibeere ti a ṣe lati fun oye rẹ lokun ati ṣe iranlọwọ fun ọ lati ṣe iwọn oye ohun elo naa.

Iwọ yoo pade adalu awọn iru ibeere, pẹlu awọn ibeere olumulo pupọ, awọn ibeere idahun kukuru, ati awọn ibeere iwe kikọ. Gbogbo ibeere kọọkan ni a ṣe pẹlu iṣaro lati ṣe ayẹwo awọn ẹya oriṣiriṣi ti imọ rẹ ati awọn ogbon ironu pataki.

Lo ise abala yii gege bi anfaani lati mu oye re lori koko-ọrọ naa lagbara ati lati ṣe idanimọ eyikeyi agbegbe ti o le nilo afikun ikẹkọ. Maṣe jẹ ki awọn italaya eyikeyi ti o ba pade da ọ lójú; dipo, wo wọn gẹgẹ bi awọn anfaani fun idagbasoke ati ilọsiwaju.

  1. Which two organs make up the central nervous system of a farm animal? A. Heart and lungs B. Brain and spinal cord C. Spinal cord and rumen D. Brain and heart Answer: B
  2. The brain region mainly responsible for balance and coordination of movement is the: A. Cerebrum B. Medulla oblongata C. Cerebellum D. Spinal cord Answer: C
  3. Arrange in the correct order for a reflex action: (i) effector (ii) receptor (iii) relay neuron (iv) motor neuron (v) sensory neuron. A. ii, v, iii, iv, i B. i, ii, iii, iv, v C. ii, iii, iv, v, i D. v, ii, iii, iv, i Answer: A
  4. Which division of the autonomic nervous system slows the heart rate and increases gut activity? A. Sympathetic B. Parasympathetic C. Central D. Peripheral Answer: B
  5. A frightened animal's heart rate rises and its digestion slows down. This response is controlled by the: A. Parasympathetic division B. Cerebellum C. Sympathetic division D. Spinal reflex arc Answer: C