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Central nervous system part 1/2

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This set covers both chapter 8 and 9 since chapter 9 is very short. Here, I discussed the central nervous system. I put lots of pictures and tables again to further expand the knowledge I gained in class. This set of notes helped me remember things alot, because of how organized and fulfilling the ...

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Uploaded on November 21, 2022
Number of pages 9
Written in 2022/2023
Type Class notes
Professor(s) Marius locke
Contains Human physiology

nervous system
motor neuron
sensory neuron
interneuron
brain
spinal cord
lateralization
oxygen
glucose
systems
measurement techniques
lobes
frontal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
temporal lobe
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Chapter 8: The central nervous system

➢ To understand:
➢ The organization of the nervous system

What is the nervous system composed of?
- The brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves & special sense organs

➢ Important terms used to describe anatomy and function

➢ Basic structures and functions of the CNS components

What is the CNS made up of? And what do they do?
- The brain: controls how we think, learn, move, and feel
- Spinal cord: carries messages back and forth between the brain and the nerves that run throughout the body.

➢ The hemispheres

What are hemispheres divided by?
- The cerebrum is divided into the left and right hemispheres by a deep longitudinal fissure.

What is the left hemisphere of the brain responsible for?
- Left cerebral hemisphere is mostly commonly the dominant hemisphere for fine motor control
- Excels in logical, analytic, sequential and verbal tasks such as math, language forms and philosophy

, What is the right hemisphere of the brain responsible for?
- Excels in non language skills
- Spatial perception and artistic and musical talents
- Facial recognition

➢ Lateralization

What is lateralization?
- Lateralization of the brain hemispheres refers to a functional dominance of one hemisphere over the other,
in which one is more responsible or entirely responsible for control of a function in comparison to the other.
- An example is: language is a heavily lateralized function because certain aspects of language are found to
be localized in the left hemisphere, while others are found in the right, with the left hemisphere most often
dominant

What is the importance of lateralization?
- Researchers studying the human brain have long maintained that the advantage of having a lateralized brain
is increased brain capacity, because lateralization means that neural circuits do not have to be duplicated in
each hemisphere. Each hemisphere can have its own specialized circuits and functions.

➢ Connections

What is the nervous system influenced by?
- Sensation
- Perception
- Learning
- Emotion
- Movement

What does the nervous system control?
- The nervous system has an impact/role on all 11 systems of the body

What is the role of oxygen and glucose?
- Brain is highly dependent on constant blood supply (hence oxygen) to produce ATP
- Brain does not store glucose
- Brain does need glucose though - if there isn’t enough glucose in the brain, for example, neurotransmitters,
the brain’s chemical messengers, are not produced and communication between neurons breaks down.
- In absence of oxygen, damage occurs for about 5-15 minutes

➢ Measurement techniques

➢ Lobes

What are the four lobes of the brain?
1) Occipital lobes: houses visual cortex
2) Temporal lobes: houses auditory cortex

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