Elicit a definition for a "reflex". Review definitions for stimulus and response. Use a variety of reflex responses, such as patella reflex, response to heat, response to light, and some touch reflexes.
Discuss the involvement and the non involvement of the brain. Specify which sections of the brain are involved.
Have Andrew sketch a reflex arc which involves touching a hot stove with a finger. Label his diagram, discuss the sensory and motor nerve involvement and eventually the brain,
Relate what function the brain plays in the simple reflex

View video outlining peripheral neuropathy. From the video, develop an understanding of the functions of the sensory, motor, and autonomic nervous system. Discuss the direction of nerve impulses within each type by viewing some specific disorders caused by damage to that type of nerve. List and discuss a few major causes of nerve damage, such as trauma, alcohol, infection, and genetics.

Initiate a discussion of the sensory nervous system, how it functions, and the neuron responsible for the function.
Discuss this by discussing a patient with peripheral neuropathy symptoms and eliciting how these are related to the sensory nervous system and eventually the brain.

Microscope lab. View and label the major parts of the compound light microscope.Explain their use, especially the objective lenses, ocular lens, corse and fine adjustment knob, stage, and diaphragm.
Work first with a letter e slide in order to master focusing and light requirements.
View and discuss prepared slides of human blood, bone, and cartilage. These are all cells and tissue discussed in class.
Discuss the differences in each slide viewed from the previous slide, and how the tissue functions.

Review the nomenclature and functions of the sensory and motor nerves. Continue labeling a typical motor neuron, discuss the function of each newly labeled part. Define that a nerve impulse is an electrical current which travels along the nerve fiber. Indicate the importance of the nodes on the axon which function to increase the velocity of the transmission. Discuss MS as an autoimmune disorder which affects the myeline sheath of the axon.

Write and explain the definition of both sensory nerves and motor nerves.
Hand out a diagram of both nerves.
Determine that the nerves are composed of neurons.
Hand out a diagram of both motor and sensory neurons.
Begin to label the important parts of the motor neuron.

Review the functions of the nervous system.
List and explain the divisions of the nervous system into the central nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system which includes the spinal nerve and the cranial nerves. Fill in the anatomy activity sheet.
Separate the types of nerves into sensory nerves and motor nerves, with an explanation of each. Introduce an imaginary patient having a root canal, and how the sensory nerves can be blocked, leaving the motor nerves unaffected. Introduce the term neuron to define a nerve cell, and how the prefix neuro affects words associated with the nervous system.

Andrew worked on an exercise identifying vocabulary words included in his human body systems lesson.

Outline and discuss those factors which come to mind when the term environment is used. Label these as external environment factors. Outline and discuss factors which would be in the category of internal environmental factors. Stress that there are two environments which we deal with.
Define and give examples of stimuli and responses to those specific stimuli.
Discuss the case of a patient who exhibits changes in their ability to function properly. Elicit that these changes involve the nervous system. List, define and discuss the main functions of the nervous system, to detect changes, feel sensations, initiate responses, and organize information for immediate use and for storage.

Discuss syndromes and diseases which affect human bones. Through a series of pictures, x rays and diagrams, view and discuss osteoarthritis, scoliosis, kyphosis, and bone healing. Work through a series of "made up doctor visits"