PS267 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lateral Sulcus, Peripheral Nervous System, Dura Mater
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Jose delgado halting a charging bull by remote control. Able to control nucleus of a bull with a remote control. Macrostructure = what we can see with unaided eye. Central nervous system = brain + spinal cord (+12 cranial nerves project from brain itself). Peripheral nervous system 31 sets of peripheral nerves that emanate from spinal cord. Somatic (soma/body critical for getting info to and from muscles) and autonomic nervous system (critical for visceral function organs/intestines). Autonomic sympathetic and parasympathetic branch push/pull between the two branches with opposing functions. Fear, flight, fighting and fucking responses (4 f"s). Dorsal/superior surface (dorsal = back in latin) Ventral/inferior surface (ventral = stomach in latin) Neanderthals brain size and body size was same as ours if not bigger. Species related to us thousands of years ago that are extinct now, had same if not bigger ratio of brain to body size as us we"re not superior.
