Transcript Ellie and Mara

Facts
• The nervous system tells us
when we are hurt or have pain
• There are 43 different pairs of
nerves in our body
• The nervous system is a organ system
containing a network of specialized cells
called neurons.
• Your brain has many different parts
that work together, the brain looks like
a giant wrinkled walnut.
• The nervous system is very quick to
react to something.
• When a message comes into the brain
from anywhere in the body, the brain
tells the body how to react.
• The spinal cord is a long bundle of nerve
tissue about 18 inches long.
• Both the brain and the spinal cord are
protected by bone.
• At birth, the nervous system contains
all the neurons you will ever have.