PSYCH 2NF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anatomical Terms Of Location, Tourette Syndrome, Red Nucleus
4 Apr 2018
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2nf3: basic and clinical neuroscience february 4th 2017 organization of the nervous system. Aqueduct goes to fourth ventricle and goes into canal. Cranial nerves: diagnosing dysfunction for cranial nerves. The spinal cord: the spinal cord lies inside the bony spinal column vertebrae which are categorized into 5 regions, 1. Cervical region (close to the neck, neckbrace: 2. Lumbar (lower back region, below the chest: 4. Neuron types: sensory brings sensory information ex. light, take incoming action potentials and move them forward, a. bipolar neuron retina is small, b. Thick dendritic branches: c. lots of dendritic branches. Neurons and glia: glial cells are helper cells, helping the neurons function affectively, administrative assistant to help with job of neurotransmitters and actin potentials, for half a century, the human brain was believed to contain, 1. Glial: neuron ratio of 10:1: fake news! It"s a(cid:272)tually (cid:1005):(cid:1005) a(cid:374)d less than 100 billion glial cells in the human brain.
