Psychology 2220A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Axon Hillock, Trigeminal Nerve, Axon Terminal

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2220A/B
• Professor: Jody Culham

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Started with review of homework questions: in the human brain the pons is blank to the medulla, (green dot is) superior colliculus you know because the two hills and the. Aqueduct : function: eye movements, which of the following is not part of the peripheral nervous system the spinal cord, a patient has damage to the trigeminal nerve. What sorts of problems would you expect to see biting and chewing and you face would feel numb: using the preceding diagrams, what effects would occur following damage to . Dendrites: many dendrites per neuron ( dendritic tree , collect information from other neurons. Cell body: one cell body per neuron, normal cell regulation functions, axon hillock sums inputs. Axon: one axon per neuron, transmit signal, can be over long distances (e. g. , sensory neurons in toe, end feet (axon terminals) communicate information to the dendrites of other neurons (synapses -- stay tuned)