Think about it, Santa works just like our Nervous system

If you think about it, the North Pole works just like the Nervous System in our bodies. Both make big time decisions and have different ways to carry and spread those ideas to whomever or whatever they choose.

Let's begin with our Central Nervous System (CNS). Your Central Nervous System consists of your Brain and Spinal Cord. Your brain processes and sends out signals down the spinal cord and out to the rest of your body. We can compare this to Santa Claus as he makes all the decisions on what happens in the North Pole and sends out the messages to his elves whether it is to create toys or to do whatever he needs them to do.

Continuing with the CNS, your spinal cord sends the signal to the brain from the Peripheral Nervous System, but also can send signals without fully going to the brain. We can compare the spinal cord to when Santa Claus uses his head elves to relay messages to all the members of the North Pole and to receive messages from them as well. These elves also have the opportunity to make decisions without

consulting Santa beforehand.

Next, we move to the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). Your peripheral nervous system, are all the nerves that aren't in the brain and spinal cord. Those are the nerves send signals to and receive from the brain. This allows your body to develop motor functions. The elves that work in certain fields that receive messages from Santa's messenger elves and send messages through the messengers, are just like our Peripheral Nervous System.

Every portion of the body needs some sort of protection. Things are no different with the Nervous System. The Cranial and Spinal Meninges protect the cranium and spinal cord while they also carry blood throughout the body. Like the meninges, the North Pole has a special barrier that only allows certain people into the North Pole. Also only allowing the important things in, like the people that have the true Christmas Spirit are the only ones allowed in to help benefit Santa and the North Pole.

Now we move inside the spinal cord with Gray Matter. Gray matter is consisted of unmyelinated tissue that processes the reflexes in the spine. These messages do not reach the brain. In the North Pole we can compare the gray matter to the chief elves that give the information for the messenger elves to send. Both can make their own decisions to either send the information to the body, or North Pole, or not to send them.

Sticking with matter in the spinal cord, there is also another type of matter found in the spinal cord called White Matter. This type of matter surrounds the gray matter and can carry sensory information to the brain and motor functions to the muscles and glands. In the North Pole we can compare white matter to the receiver elves that receive letters from all the children around the world, process them, and relay those messages back to Santa Claus.

Now we move into the physical nerves of the spinal cord. A nerve is a bundle of axons, blood vessels, and connective tissue that binds it all together. All Spinal Nerves are mixed which means they can carry both sensory and motor commands. All these things work together to make up the spinal nerves. In the North Pole the nerves can compare to the special messenger elves that send messages to Santa and to all the members of the North Pole.

As we move into nerves, nerves can have roots. These roots can be split into Dorsal and Ventral Roots. Dorsal roots send sensory information while Ventral roots send motor commands. We can compare the Dorsal roots to the elves that create the toys and the Ventral roots to the reindeer that take those toys to the nice kids all over the world.

Different kinds of nerves can be split up tino certain sctions called Plexi. There are four different types of plexi. We have the Cervical (neck), Brachial (arms/neck), Lumbar (lower back), and Sacral (pelvis/legs). We can compare these plexi to the different elves that work in different kinds of toyfields.

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NERVOUS SYSTEM

The Phernic Nerve comes off the neck and controls the diaphragm.

The Median Nerve comes off the forearm and radial half of the palm and controls the flexors.

The Lateral Femoralcutaneous Nerves are in the skin of the posterior and lateral thigh.

The Sciatic Nerve is located in the muscles in the hamstring and splits into tibular and fibular nerves.

NORTH POLE

Barry works in the wooden toy section and makes sure there are no splinters sticking out.

Darlene works in the electronic section and makes sure the screens have no cracks.

Clarence works in the metal toy section and burns the matal so it can have a curved shape.

Lucille works in the wrapping department and puts the bows on the finished product.

As we stay in the spinal cord, certain signals in the spine do not go all the way to brain. These are called spinal reflexes. These signals are rapid automatic nerve responses that do not go the brain. They are controlled by the spinal cord gray matter. Santa's head elves make decisions without informing Santa because there is no need to tell Santa for it is a little issue.

Now we move into the brain. As said before, everything needs protection. We talked about the meninges and the Christmas Spirit Barrier, but turns out there is another form of protection for nerves in the spine. This form is called Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). This fluid cushions and protects the CNS from any physical injuries while also controls the chemical environment of the brain. This can compare Mrs. Claus because she takes care of Santa and keeps him fat for Christmas because we all know you CANNOT have a skinny Santa!