PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Somatic Nervous System, Midbrain Tectum, White Matter
22 May 2017
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Autonomic and enteric nervous systems: visceral functions: ans controls the body"s glands and internal organs and operates largely outside conscious awareness. Alzheimer disease: degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia. Autonomic nervous system (ans): part of the pns that regulates the functioning of internal organ and glands. Basal ganglia: subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain. Brainstem: central structure of the brain, including the hindbrain, midbrain, thalamus, and hypothalamus, that is responsible for most unconscious behaviour. Cerebral cortex: thin, heavily folded film of nerve tissue composed of neurons that is the outer layer of the forebrain also called neocortex. Cerebrospinal fluid (csf): clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that fills the ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord beneath the arachnoid layer in the subarachnoid space.
