The sensory systems are largely intertwined with the nervous system because the nervous system receives sensations and interprets what they mean. When there is damage to part of a sensory system, it may change the sensory experience.
Imagine you have been asked to write an article for a popular medical magazine on the role of the sensory system and the effects of damage within it.
Choose 2 of the 5 senses.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word article on how damage to the nervous system affects the sensory experience. Include the following:
- Identify which nervous system structures are involved in that sensory system.
- Identify which peripheral nervous system structures are involved in the chosen sensory systems, including sensory and motor neurons.
- Explain potential or hypothetical damage to the structures.
- Describe how the damage has affected the nervous system’s function, including autonomic nervous system responses (parasympathetic and sympathetic) as well as somatic nervous system responses.
- Explain why this change in the nervous system has occurred.
- Explain external indicators, or symptoms, of the damage.
- Describe how the sensory experience may be different because of this damage.
Include a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed sources.
Format your article according to APA guidelines.
