Psychology 2220A/B Chapter 3: Chapter 3 - anatomy of the nervous system
8 Mar 2017
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Chapter 3 the a(cid:374)ato(cid:373)y of the nervous syste(cid:373) Second-stage neurons are far from the target organ. Second stage neurons are near the target organ. Check in book: sub arachnoid space a place you will hear of having bleeding. The brain does not have pain receptors but the meninges on the other hand do have pain receptors. In this fluid the brain goes from functionally weighting 1300g to approximately 50g: function, buoyancy, protection, chemical stability, clearing waste. Cerebral ventricles: the lateral ventricles are often measured for neurodegenerative diseases would usually get larger and would normally represent that there is less brain, some individuals say schizophrenia is due to smaller cells not fewer neurons. Cells of the nervous system: anatomy of neurons: neurons: specialized cells for the reception, conduction, and transmission of electrochemical signals (many sizes and shapes, the shape, number, proportional type of neurons matter in brain function.
