This is a well-rounded lecture summary of "The human nervous system ” lecture in the First Teaching Block in the Brain and Behaviour module, Year 1.
The collection of notes form both the slides provided before the lecture and the actual lecture. It contains all the key points necessary in the...
2. Glia cells – support cells
o astrocytes –
important for
uptake of
neurotransmitters +
coupling brain
activity with
increases in blood 7. Gyri and Sulci
o oligodendrocytes – immune reactions (eat o the brain is
dead cells) + produce myelin – folded
communication of information => keeping the o Sylvian
brain healthy fissure –
o ratio of neurons to glial cells: 1:3 separates
the
3. Central and peripheral nervous system temporal
o neuro lobe from
ns outside the frontal and parietal
central and o Central sulcus – separates the
peripheral precentral gyrus from the central gyrus
nervous system – (border between the frontal lobe and
autonomic the parietal lobe)
nervous system
(sympathetic 8. Lateral surface of the brain
nervous system – getting us ready for action &
parasympathetic nervous system – slow down
digestion)
4. Grey matter and White matter
o grey matter –
neurons
o white matter –
axons -> 9. Ventral surface of the human brain
sending
connection
from one part
to another
5. The lobes of the cerebrum
10. More Anatomical Terminology – cut up
the brain
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