The Hidden Electrical World Inside Your Body

Our bodies rely on an ultrafast nervous system to send impulses very quickly and it all starts with a special cell called the neuron. In this episode, Patrick will explain how these cells tell your body what to do. » Subscribe to Seeker! » Watch more Human! » Visit our shop at What’s so amazing about one’s sense of touch is how it’s actually multiple senses wrapped into one—the same tissue that senses hot and cold also senses pressure, texture, and even pain signals. The nervous system, one of our most intricate bodily systems handles motor control among many other things. And the nervous system is fast, with some nervous impulses traveling up to 120 meters a second, or over 260 miles an hour, which, for the record, is faster than a race car. This ultrafast but diverse type of signaling is thanks in part to a long, spindly cell called the neuron that makes up the nervous system.