NERVOUS SYSTEM
CLASS 2
• BRAIN
CNS
• BRAIN & SPINAL CORD
• COVERED BY MENINGES
• DURA
• ARACHNOID
• PIA
• SEPERATED BY CSF
CNS
• DURA
• DOUBLE LAYERED
• OUTER LAYER IS PERIOSTEUM
• THERE IS SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO LAYERS AT
THE FALX CEREBRUM,CEREBELLUM &
TENTORIUM CEREBELLI
• BLOOD VESSELS ARE PRESENT BETWEEN THE
TWO LAYERS
• DURA ENDS AT SECOND SACRAL VERTEBRA -
FUSES WITH PERIOSTEUM OF COCCYX
CNS
• EPIDURAL SPACE
• SUBDURAL SPACE
• SUB ARACHNOID SPACE—CONTAINS CSF
• ARACHNOID PASSES OVER THE
CONVOLUTIONS
• PIA DIPS INO THE CONVOLUTIONS
• IT IS CONTINUES AS FILUM TERMINALE&
FUSES WITH PERIOSTEUM
CNS
• WITHIN THE BRAIN THERE ARE 4 IRREGULAR
SHAPED CAVITIES—VENTRICLES CONTAIN CSF
• RIGHT&LEFT –WITHIN THE CEREBRUM
COMMUNICATS VIA INTERVENTRICULAR
FORAMEN
• THIRD –BELOW THE LATERAL VENTRICLE
BETWEEN THE THALAMUS CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT
• FOURTH –DIAMOND SHAPED CAVITY BETWEEN
CEREBELLUM & PONS
CSF
• SECRETED BY CHOROID PLEXUS --
PROLIFERATION OF BLOOD VESSELS
SURROUNDED BY EPENDYMAL CELLS
• CSF PASSES INTO BLOOD STREAM THROUH
ARACHNOID VILLI WHICH OPEN INTO THE
VENOUS SINUSES GUARDED BY VALVES
• FROM THE ROOF OF THE FOURTH VENTRICLE
CSF FLOWS THROUGH FORAMINA INTO THE
SUBARACHNOID SPACE & SURROUNDS BRAIN
CSF
• SECRETION 0.5ml/mt—720 ml /day
• VOLUME OF CSF IS CONSTANT-120ml
MAINTAINED BY SECRETION & ABSORPTION
• PRESSURE-10cm OF WATER WHILE LYING
&30cm WHILE SITTING
• CONTAINS—WATER,MINERAL
SALTS,GLUCOSE,PROTEIN,ALBUMIN,GLOBULIN
,CREATININE,UREA
CSF-FUNCTIONS
• MECHANICAL PROTECTION—ACTS AS A SHOCK
ABSORBER FROM HITTING AGAINST BONE
• CHEMICAL PROTECTION-PROVIDES OPTIMAL
CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT ,SLIGHT CHANGE IN
IONIC COMPOSITION MAY AFFECT GENERATION
& PROPAGATION OF AP
• EXCHANGE OF NUTRIENTS & WASTE
PRODUCTS—BLOOD CSF BARRIER
• MAINTAINS UNIFORM PRESSURE & MOISTURE
BRAIN
• SITUATD IN THE CRANIAL CAVITY
• WT 1-1.5 Kg
• DEVELOPS FROM ECTODERM ARRANGED AS A
TUBULAR STRUCTURE CALLED NEURAL TUBE
• THE ANTERIOR PART DEVELOPS IN TO FORE
BRAIN—2 CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES,THALAMUS &
HYPOTHALAMUS
• MID BRAIN—FROM MIDDLE PART
• PONS,MEDULLA,CEREBELLUM FROM LOWER
PART
BRAIN
• COVERINGS OF BRAIN
• THE 2 LAYERS OF DURA ARE FUSED EXCEPT IN
PLACES OF BLOOD VESSELS
• BLOOD VESSELS THAT ENTER THE BRAIN ARE
COVERED BY PIA MATER
• 3 EXTENSIONS OF DURA MATER SEPARATE PARTS
OF BRAIN
• FALX CEREBRI
• FALX CEREBELLI
• TENTORIUM CEREBELLI
BRAIN
• BLOOD SUPPLY
• FROM VERTEBRAL & CAROTID ARTERIES
• 15% OF CARDIAC OUTPUT -750 ml
• WEIGHT OF BRAIN ONLY 2-3%
• USES ONLY GLUCOSE FOR ENERGY
• IF NO BLOOD SUPPLY FOR 2 mts NEURONS
SUFFER,4mts DEATH
• BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL FALLS -FUNCTION IS
AFFECTED
CEREBRUM
• LARGEST PART OF BRAIN
• OCCUPIES ANTERIOR & MID CRANIAL FOSSA
• 2 HEMISPHERES DIVIDED BY LONGITUDINAL
CEREBRAL FISSURE WHICH CONTAINS FALX
CEREBRI
• CONTAIN 1 VENTRICLE EACH
• OUTER GREY,INNER WHITE &GREY MATTER
NUCLEI WITHIN THEM
• CORPUS CALLOSUM CONNECTS THEM
CEREBRUM
• DURING DEVELOPMENT-GREY MATTER
DEVELOPS FASTER THAN WHITE-RESULTING IN
CONVOLUTIONS
• FOLDS-GYRI
• GROOVES
– FISSURE-DEEP,
– SULCI-SHALLOW
• HEMISPHERE DIVIDED INTO LOBES
LOBES
• FRONTAL-CENTRAL SULCUS SEPERATES
FRONTAL &PARIETAL LOBES
• PARIETAL,PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS
SEPERATES PARIETAL & OCCIPITAL LOBES
• TEMPORAL,LATERAL SULCUS SEPERATES
FRONTAL FROM TEMPORAL LOBES
• GREY MATTER-NERVE CELL BODIES
CEREBRUM
• WHITE MATTER—AXONS IN 3 DIFFERENT TRACTS
• ASSOCIATION TRACTS—TRANSMITS IMPULSES
WITHIN THE SAME GYRUS
• COMMISURAL TRACTS—AXONS THAT CONDUCTS
IMPULSES BETWEEN 2 HEMISPHERS --
CORPUSCALLOSUM, ANTERIOR
COMMISSURE,POSTERIOR COMMISSURE
• PROJECTION TRACTS—AXONS BETWEEN CORTEX
AND LOWER PARTS eg INTERNAL CAPSULE
CEREBRUM
• INTERNAL CAPSULE—CONTAIN BOTH ASCENDING
& DESCENDING TRACTS
• MOTOR FIBRES DECCUSATE AT MEDULLA TO
FORM PYRAMIDAL TRACTS
• DEEP WITHIN CEREBRUM-3 NUCLEI
– BASAL GANGLIA
– CAUDATE NUCLEUS
– CORPUS STRIATUM
• THEY ARE CLOSE TO THALAMUS
CEREBRUM
• LIMBIC SYSTEM –EMOTIONAL BRAIN
• ENCIRCLING THE UPPER PART OF BRAINSTEM &
CORPUS CALLOSUM
• BETWEEN CEREBRUM & THIRD VENTRICLE
• THALAMUS—2 MASSES OF NERVE CELLS JUST
BELOW CORPUS CALLOSUM ON EITHER SIDE OF
THIRD VENTRICLE
• HYPOTHALAMUS—INFERIOR TO THALAMUS
ABOVE PIUITORY GLAND
• EPITHALAMUS
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• SEAT OF INTELLIGENCE
• 3 MAIN FUNCTIONAL AREAS
• SENSORY AREA—IMMEDIATELY BEHIND
CENTRAL SULCUS
• PRIMARY SENSORY AREA HAVE DIRECT
COMMUNICATION WITH THE PERIPHERAL
SENSORY RECEPTORS
• PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY AREA BEHIND
CENTRAL SULCUS-PAIN,TEMPERATURE etc
• RIGHT SIDE OF BRAIN RECEIVES IMPULSES
FROM LEFT SIDE OF BODY
• A MAP OF THE ENTIRE BODY IS PRESENT IN
THE BRAIN
• PRIMARY AUDITORY AREA
• SUPERIOR PART OF THE TEMPORAL LOBE
IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE LATERAL SULCUS
• OLFACTORY AREA –DEEP WITHIN THE
TEMPORAL LOBE MEDIAL ASPECT
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• PRIMARY GUSTATORY AREA—BASE OF POST
CENTRAL GYRUS IN THE PARIETAL REGION
• PRIMARY VISUAL AREA—LIES BEHIND THE
PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• MOTOR AREA—ANTERIOR PART OF HEMISPHERE
• PRIMARY MOTOR AREA-PRECENTRAL GYRUS IN
THE FRONTAL LOBE—THE CELL BODIES ARE
PYRAMID SHAPED(BETZES CELLS).THEY INITIATE
THE CONTRACTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLES
• EACH REGION CONTROLS SPECIFIC MUSCLES OR
GROUP OF MUSCLES
• THE FIBRES ARE CROSSED
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• BROCAS AREA—MOTOR SPEECH AREA
• FRONTAL LONBE JUST ABOVE THE LATERAL
SULCUS
• DOMINANT ON LEFT HEMISPHERE
• ASSOCIATION AREAS—SOME MOTOR ,SOME
SENSORY
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• BASAL GANGLIA --INITIATION & CONTROL OF
COMPLEX MOVEMENT,LEARNT & CO-
ORDINATED ACTIVITIES
• RECEIVE INPUT FROM CORTEX AND PROVIDE
OUTPUT TO THE MOTOR AREA
• THEY CONTROL UNCONSCIOUS MOVEMENTS
LIKE SWINGING OF HANDS WHILE WALKING
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• THALAMUS---SENSORY INPUT IS PROCESSED
• RELAYS IMPULSES BETWEEN AFFERENT AREAS
OF CEREBRUM
• REGULATES AUTONOMIC ACTIVITIES
• MAINTAINS CONSCIOUSNESS
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
• HYPOTHALAMUS --CONTROLS PITUITORY
GLAND
– ANS
– BODY TEMPERATURE
– EMOTIONS
– REGULATES EATING & DRINKING
• EPITHALAMUS—HAS PINEAL GLAND
– SECRETES MELATONION—INDUCES SLEEP
• LIMBIC SYSTEM—EMOTIONAL BRAIN
FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
BRAINSTEM
MIDBRAIN
EXTENDS FROM PONS TO CEREBRUM
AROUND THE CENTRAL AQUEDUCT
CONTAINS TRACTS & NUCLEI WHICH CONNECT THE
CEREBRUM TO LOWER PART
NUCLEI
SUPERIOR COLLICULUS—REFLEX CENTRE FOR EYE
MOVEMENT
INFERIOR COLLICULUS----SKELETAL REFLEX
BRAINSTEM
• PONS-
• --IN FRONT OF CEREBELLUM ABOVE MEDULLA
– 2.5cms LONG
– CONTAINS NUCLEI & TRACTS
– SOME CONNECT RIGHT & LEFT HEMISPHERES OF
CEREBELLUM
– HAS PNEUMOTACTIC & APNEUSTIC CENTRE
– CONTAIN NUCLEI FOR CRANIAL NERVES
– SIGNALS FOR VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS ORIGINATING
IN THE CORTEX ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH PONS
BRAINSTEM
• MEDULLA
– BETWEEN PONS & SPINAL CORD
– 3cms LONG
– CENTRAL FISSURE ON ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR
SURFACES
– CONTAIN ALL THE SENSORY & MOTOR TRACTS
BETWEEN BRAIN & SPINAL CORD
– RELAY STATION FOR SENSORY NERVES
– VITAL CENTRES ARE PRESENT
(CVS,RS,COUGH,SNEEZE,VOMITING,SWALLOWING)
BRAINSTEM
• RETICULAR FORMATION
• A COLLECTION OF NEURONS IN THE CORE OF
BRAINSTEM
• LINKS WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAIN
• CO-ORDINATES SKELETAL MUSCLE ACTIVITY
• MAINTAINS BALANCE
• CO-ORDINATES ANS
• RAS-SELECTIVE AWARENESS TO CERTAIN STIMULI
CEREBELLUM
• SECOND TO CEREBRUM IN SIZE
• OCCUPIES INFERIOR & POSTERIOR ASPECTS OF CRANIAL
CAVITY BEHIND THE PONS
• 2 HEMISPHERES SEPERATED BY VERMIS
• GREY MATTER IS OUTSIDE
• WEIGHT 1/10 OF BRAIN CONTAIN ½ THE NEURONS OF BRAIN
• SEPERATED FROM CEREBRUM BY TENTORIUM CEREBELLI
• 3 CEREBELLAR PEDUNLES ATTACH THE CEREBELLUM TO
BRAINSTEM—SUPERIOR,MIDDLE &INFERIOR CONTAINING
AXONS
CEREBELLUM
• FUNCTION
– CO-ORDINATION OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE
MOVEMENT
– MAINTANANCE OF POSTURE & BALANCE
– SENSORY INPUT FROM PROPRIOCEPTORS(
MUSCLE,JOINTS,EYES,EARS etc)
– LEARNING & LANGUAGE FUNCTION
NERVOUS SYSTEM class 2.pptx
NERVOUS SYSTEM class 2.pptx
NERVOUS SYSTEM class 2.pptx

NERVOUS SYSTEM class 2.pptx

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  • 4.
    CNS • BRAIN &SPINAL CORD • COVERED BY MENINGES • DURA • ARACHNOID • PIA • SEPERATED BY CSF
  • 7.
    CNS • DURA • DOUBLELAYERED • OUTER LAYER IS PERIOSTEUM • THERE IS SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO LAYERS AT THE FALX CEREBRUM,CEREBELLUM & TENTORIUM CEREBELLI • BLOOD VESSELS ARE PRESENT BETWEEN THE TWO LAYERS • DURA ENDS AT SECOND SACRAL VERTEBRA - FUSES WITH PERIOSTEUM OF COCCYX
  • 8.
    CNS • EPIDURAL SPACE •SUBDURAL SPACE • SUB ARACHNOID SPACE—CONTAINS CSF • ARACHNOID PASSES OVER THE CONVOLUTIONS • PIA DIPS INO THE CONVOLUTIONS • IT IS CONTINUES AS FILUM TERMINALE& FUSES WITH PERIOSTEUM
  • 9.
    CNS • WITHIN THEBRAIN THERE ARE 4 IRREGULAR SHAPED CAVITIES—VENTRICLES CONTAIN CSF • RIGHT&LEFT –WITHIN THE CEREBRUM COMMUNICATS VIA INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN • THIRD –BELOW THE LATERAL VENTRICLE BETWEEN THE THALAMUS CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT • FOURTH –DIAMOND SHAPED CAVITY BETWEEN CEREBELLUM & PONS
  • 12.
    CSF • SECRETED BYCHOROID PLEXUS -- PROLIFERATION OF BLOOD VESSELS SURROUNDED BY EPENDYMAL CELLS • CSF PASSES INTO BLOOD STREAM THROUH ARACHNOID VILLI WHICH OPEN INTO THE VENOUS SINUSES GUARDED BY VALVES • FROM THE ROOF OF THE FOURTH VENTRICLE CSF FLOWS THROUGH FORAMINA INTO THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE & SURROUNDS BRAIN
  • 14.
    CSF • SECRETION 0.5ml/mt—720ml /day • VOLUME OF CSF IS CONSTANT-120ml MAINTAINED BY SECRETION & ABSORPTION • PRESSURE-10cm OF WATER WHILE LYING &30cm WHILE SITTING • CONTAINS—WATER,MINERAL SALTS,GLUCOSE,PROTEIN,ALBUMIN,GLOBULIN ,CREATININE,UREA
  • 15.
    CSF-FUNCTIONS • MECHANICAL PROTECTION—ACTSAS A SHOCK ABSORBER FROM HITTING AGAINST BONE • CHEMICAL PROTECTION-PROVIDES OPTIMAL CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT ,SLIGHT CHANGE IN IONIC COMPOSITION MAY AFFECT GENERATION & PROPAGATION OF AP • EXCHANGE OF NUTRIENTS & WASTE PRODUCTS—BLOOD CSF BARRIER • MAINTAINS UNIFORM PRESSURE & MOISTURE
  • 17.
    BRAIN • SITUATD INTHE CRANIAL CAVITY • WT 1-1.5 Kg • DEVELOPS FROM ECTODERM ARRANGED AS A TUBULAR STRUCTURE CALLED NEURAL TUBE • THE ANTERIOR PART DEVELOPS IN TO FORE BRAIN—2 CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES,THALAMUS & HYPOTHALAMUS • MID BRAIN—FROM MIDDLE PART • PONS,MEDULLA,CEREBELLUM FROM LOWER PART
  • 19.
    BRAIN • COVERINGS OFBRAIN • THE 2 LAYERS OF DURA ARE FUSED EXCEPT IN PLACES OF BLOOD VESSELS • BLOOD VESSELS THAT ENTER THE BRAIN ARE COVERED BY PIA MATER • 3 EXTENSIONS OF DURA MATER SEPARATE PARTS OF BRAIN • FALX CEREBRI • FALX CEREBELLI • TENTORIUM CEREBELLI
  • 22.
    BRAIN • BLOOD SUPPLY •FROM VERTEBRAL & CAROTID ARTERIES • 15% OF CARDIAC OUTPUT -750 ml • WEIGHT OF BRAIN ONLY 2-3% • USES ONLY GLUCOSE FOR ENERGY • IF NO BLOOD SUPPLY FOR 2 mts NEURONS SUFFER,4mts DEATH • BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL FALLS -FUNCTION IS AFFECTED
  • 23.
    CEREBRUM • LARGEST PARTOF BRAIN • OCCUPIES ANTERIOR & MID CRANIAL FOSSA • 2 HEMISPHERES DIVIDED BY LONGITUDINAL CEREBRAL FISSURE WHICH CONTAINS FALX CEREBRI • CONTAIN 1 VENTRICLE EACH • OUTER GREY,INNER WHITE &GREY MATTER NUCLEI WITHIN THEM • CORPUS CALLOSUM CONNECTS THEM
  • 24.
    CEREBRUM • DURING DEVELOPMENT-GREYMATTER DEVELOPS FASTER THAN WHITE-RESULTING IN CONVOLUTIONS • FOLDS-GYRI • GROOVES – FISSURE-DEEP, – SULCI-SHALLOW • HEMISPHERE DIVIDED INTO LOBES
  • 26.
    LOBES • FRONTAL-CENTRAL SULCUSSEPERATES FRONTAL &PARIETAL LOBES • PARIETAL,PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS SEPERATES PARIETAL & OCCIPITAL LOBES • TEMPORAL,LATERAL SULCUS SEPERATES FRONTAL FROM TEMPORAL LOBES • GREY MATTER-NERVE CELL BODIES
  • 29.
    CEREBRUM • WHITE MATTER—AXONSIN 3 DIFFERENT TRACTS • ASSOCIATION TRACTS—TRANSMITS IMPULSES WITHIN THE SAME GYRUS • COMMISURAL TRACTS—AXONS THAT CONDUCTS IMPULSES BETWEEN 2 HEMISPHERS -- CORPUSCALLOSUM, ANTERIOR COMMISSURE,POSTERIOR COMMISSURE • PROJECTION TRACTS—AXONS BETWEEN CORTEX AND LOWER PARTS eg INTERNAL CAPSULE
  • 30.
    CEREBRUM • INTERNAL CAPSULE—CONTAINBOTH ASCENDING & DESCENDING TRACTS • MOTOR FIBRES DECCUSATE AT MEDULLA TO FORM PYRAMIDAL TRACTS • DEEP WITHIN CEREBRUM-3 NUCLEI – BASAL GANGLIA – CAUDATE NUCLEUS – CORPUS STRIATUM • THEY ARE CLOSE TO THALAMUS
  • 32.
    CEREBRUM • LIMBIC SYSTEM–EMOTIONAL BRAIN • ENCIRCLING THE UPPER PART OF BRAINSTEM & CORPUS CALLOSUM • BETWEEN CEREBRUM & THIRD VENTRICLE • THALAMUS—2 MASSES OF NERVE CELLS JUST BELOW CORPUS CALLOSUM ON EITHER SIDE OF THIRD VENTRICLE • HYPOTHALAMUS—INFERIOR TO THALAMUS ABOVE PIUITORY GLAND • EPITHALAMUS
  • 34.
    FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM •SEAT OF INTELLIGENCE • 3 MAIN FUNCTIONAL AREAS • SENSORY AREA—IMMEDIATELY BEHIND CENTRAL SULCUS • PRIMARY SENSORY AREA HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PERIPHERAL SENSORY RECEPTORS • PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY AREA BEHIND CENTRAL SULCUS-PAIN,TEMPERATURE etc
  • 35.
    • RIGHT SIDEOF BRAIN RECEIVES IMPULSES FROM LEFT SIDE OF BODY • A MAP OF THE ENTIRE BODY IS PRESENT IN THE BRAIN • PRIMARY AUDITORY AREA • SUPERIOR PART OF THE TEMPORAL LOBE IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE LATERAL SULCUS • OLFACTORY AREA –DEEP WITHIN THE TEMPORAL LOBE MEDIAL ASPECT FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 36.
    • PRIMARY GUSTATORYAREA—BASE OF POST CENTRAL GYRUS IN THE PARIETAL REGION • PRIMARY VISUAL AREA—LIES BEHIND THE PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 38.
    • MOTOR AREA—ANTERIORPART OF HEMISPHERE • PRIMARY MOTOR AREA-PRECENTRAL GYRUS IN THE FRONTAL LOBE—THE CELL BODIES ARE PYRAMID SHAPED(BETZES CELLS).THEY INITIATE THE CONTRACTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLES • EACH REGION CONTROLS SPECIFIC MUSCLES OR GROUP OF MUSCLES • THE FIBRES ARE CROSSED FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 39.
    • BROCAS AREA—MOTORSPEECH AREA • FRONTAL LONBE JUST ABOVE THE LATERAL SULCUS • DOMINANT ON LEFT HEMISPHERE • ASSOCIATION AREAS—SOME MOTOR ,SOME SENSORY FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 40.
    • BASAL GANGLIA--INITIATION & CONTROL OF COMPLEX MOVEMENT,LEARNT & CO- ORDINATED ACTIVITIES • RECEIVE INPUT FROM CORTEX AND PROVIDE OUTPUT TO THE MOTOR AREA • THEY CONTROL UNCONSCIOUS MOVEMENTS LIKE SWINGING OF HANDS WHILE WALKING FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 42.
    • THALAMUS---SENSORY INPUTIS PROCESSED • RELAYS IMPULSES BETWEEN AFFERENT AREAS OF CEREBRUM • REGULATES AUTONOMIC ACTIVITIES • MAINTAINS CONSCIOUSNESS FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 43.
    • HYPOTHALAMUS --CONTROLSPITUITORY GLAND – ANS – BODY TEMPERATURE – EMOTIONS – REGULATES EATING & DRINKING • EPITHALAMUS—HAS PINEAL GLAND – SECRETES MELATONION—INDUCES SLEEP • LIMBIC SYSTEM—EMOTIONAL BRAIN FUNCTIONS OF CEREBRUM
  • 46.
    BRAINSTEM MIDBRAIN EXTENDS FROM PONSTO CEREBRUM AROUND THE CENTRAL AQUEDUCT CONTAINS TRACTS & NUCLEI WHICH CONNECT THE CEREBRUM TO LOWER PART NUCLEI SUPERIOR COLLICULUS—REFLEX CENTRE FOR EYE MOVEMENT INFERIOR COLLICULUS----SKELETAL REFLEX
  • 51.
    BRAINSTEM • PONS- • --INFRONT OF CEREBELLUM ABOVE MEDULLA – 2.5cms LONG – CONTAINS NUCLEI & TRACTS – SOME CONNECT RIGHT & LEFT HEMISPHERES OF CEREBELLUM – HAS PNEUMOTACTIC & APNEUSTIC CENTRE – CONTAIN NUCLEI FOR CRANIAL NERVES – SIGNALS FOR VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS ORIGINATING IN THE CORTEX ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH PONS
  • 52.
    BRAINSTEM • MEDULLA – BETWEENPONS & SPINAL CORD – 3cms LONG – CENTRAL FISSURE ON ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR SURFACES – CONTAIN ALL THE SENSORY & MOTOR TRACTS BETWEEN BRAIN & SPINAL CORD – RELAY STATION FOR SENSORY NERVES – VITAL CENTRES ARE PRESENT (CVS,RS,COUGH,SNEEZE,VOMITING,SWALLOWING)
  • 53.
    BRAINSTEM • RETICULAR FORMATION •A COLLECTION OF NEURONS IN THE CORE OF BRAINSTEM • LINKS WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAIN • CO-ORDINATES SKELETAL MUSCLE ACTIVITY • MAINTAINS BALANCE • CO-ORDINATES ANS • RAS-SELECTIVE AWARENESS TO CERTAIN STIMULI
  • 55.
    CEREBELLUM • SECOND TOCEREBRUM IN SIZE • OCCUPIES INFERIOR & POSTERIOR ASPECTS OF CRANIAL CAVITY BEHIND THE PONS • 2 HEMISPHERES SEPERATED BY VERMIS • GREY MATTER IS OUTSIDE • WEIGHT 1/10 OF BRAIN CONTAIN ½ THE NEURONS OF BRAIN • SEPERATED FROM CEREBRUM BY TENTORIUM CEREBELLI • 3 CEREBELLAR PEDUNLES ATTACH THE CEREBELLUM TO BRAINSTEM—SUPERIOR,MIDDLE &INFERIOR CONTAINING AXONS
  • 58.
    CEREBELLUM • FUNCTION – CO-ORDINATIONOF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENT – MAINTANANCE OF POSTURE & BALANCE – SENSORY INPUT FROM PROPRIOCEPTORS( MUSCLE,JOINTS,EYES,EARS etc) – LEARNING & LANGUAGE FUNCTION