More From This User
BRY's Immunology
Immunology examinatin notes
Chapter 8
The Central Nervous System
Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.
CNS
Consists of:
Brain.
Spinal cord.
Receives input fromsensory neurons.
Directs activity of motor neurons.
Association neuronsmaintainhomeostasis in theinternalenvironment.
Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.
Embryonic Development
Groove appears in ectoderm to fuse to form neuraltube by 20
th
day after conception. Neural tubeeventually forms the CNS.
During 5
th
week, modified:
Forebrain: telencephalon and diencephalon.
Midbrain: unchanged.
Hindbrain: metencephalon and myelencephalon.
Part of ectoderm where fusion occurs becomesneural crest
.
Neural crest forms ganglia of PNS.
of 00
CNS
435 Reads
Info and Rating
| Category: | Uncategorized. |
| Rating: | |
| Upload Date: | 05/09/2009 |
| Copyright: | Attribution Non-commercial |
| Tags: |
Leave a Comment