Neuroanatomy: Nervous System Basics | CNS & PNS

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Nervous System Basics
Sensory Division
Somatic vs Visceral
Proprioception
Conscious Perception
Motor Control
Brain Divisions
Neural Cells
Cortex vs Nuclei
White Matter Tracts

Nervous System Basics

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    Overview of CNS and PNS structure and main components.

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    Explains the core functions of receiving, processing, and responding.

Basic cellular biology, specifically the structure of a neuron (including the soma, dendrites, axon, and myelin sheath).
Fundamental anatomical terminology, including directional terms (dorsal, ventral, medial, lateral) and body planes.
The concept of homeostasis and how organ systems generally communicate to maintain internal balance.
An introductory understanding of bioelectricity, such as how action potentials serve as electrical signals in the body.
Detailed functional anatomy of the brain, including the cerebral cortex lobes, cerebellum, and brainstem.
The functional subdivisions of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS), specifically the Somatic vs. Autonomic (Sympathetic and Parasympathetic) nervous systems.
The physiology of synaptic transmission and the role of major neurotransmitters (e.g., acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin).
Spinal cord anatomy, dermatomes, and the neural pathways involved in basic reflex arcs.
Pathophysiology of neurological disorders, such as Multiple Sclerosis (a disease degrading white matter myelin) or Parkinson's disease.
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The nervous system is divided into the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system, with the CNS responsible for receiving sensory input, processing information, integrating past and present experiences, and generating motor responses; the peripheral nervous system is further classified into sensory and motor divisions, with sensory information categorized into special senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, equilibrium) and general senses (touch, temperature, pain), while motor responses are divided into voluntary somatic responses (controlled by skeletal muscles) and involuntary autonomic responses (controlled by the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems); structurally, the CNS contains gray matter (cell bodies of neurons) and white matter (bundles of axons), with gray matter organized into cortex (surface layer) and nuclei (deep structures), and white matter classified into ascending tracts (carrying sensory information upward), descending tracts (carrying motor commands downward), commissural fibers (connecting left and right brain hemispheres), and association fibers (connecting anterior and posterior brain regions).