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CephalisationTheformationofabrainfrom'nodes'
October18,2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdNE4WygyAk
Wearelearning:
Whatisaradialanimal?Giveanexample
Thenervoussystemhas'evolved'overtime.(Gangliontobrain)
'Nodes'intheheadend,becamemoreevolvedandlargerinnumber.
Whatisabilateralanimal?Giveanexample
Theword'encephalon'meaning'brain'
WhatdoHOXgenescontrol?
Whyareoureyesinourhead?
Whatdidthenervesforoureyesbegintomake?
WhatdidtheCraniatesdo?
Okt1216:57
Sep2916:42
Evolutionarydevelopmentofthenervoussystem
Overthecourseofevolutionthenervoussystemofanimalstendstodevelop
following2mainprinciples.
Nervoussystemsofdifferentphyla
(1)Theseaanemone(phylumCnidaria)hasanervenet.
(2)Thenervoussystemofaseastar(phylumEchinodermata)isradiallysymmetrical.
(4),squids(phylumMollusca)
(5),earthworms(phylumAnnelida)(3)Flatworms(phylumPlatyhelminthes)
(6),andhumans(phylumChordata)alldisplaycentralnervoussystemsthatfeaturebrains.
Sep2916:38
Gatheringofnervesfromnodes
Nodesintheheadregionofanimalstakeovermorefunctionsandincreaseinsize.
ThisprocessiscalledCEPHALISATIONandresultsinalargernervousnodeinthe
headregioncalledENCEPHALONorBRAIN.
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