Unit 5 Nervous System

REFLEXES

Plantar reflex versus Babinski sign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnX4bH1WRHQ

Quiz 1 Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the appearance & role of the neuroglia cells including astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells and Schwann cells.

  • Label the parts of a neuron and describe their function(s) including cell body, nucleus, dendrites, axon hillock, axon, axon collateral, Schwann cells, myelin, myelin sheath (nuerilemma) axon terminal, Nissl bodies, neurofibrils and Nodes of Ranvier.

QUIZ 2:

State the divisions of the nervous system and a give a description of each.

Compare/contrast the effects of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

https://sites.google.com/site/witeckiscience/hf-honors-human-a-and-p/nerv

QUIZ 3: BRAIN STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS

THE BRAIN:

Photos of sheep brain and human brain: http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/index.html

Sheep brain tutorial: http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/brshpx.htm

Good labelled pictures of the sheep brain dissection: http://www.biologycorner.com/anatomy/sheepbrain/sheep_dissection.html

Dissection Practice Quiz: http://academic.pgcc.edu/~aimholtz/AandP/PracPrac/2050_Lab21/Sheep.html

BOZEMAN SCIENCE - The Brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKc8nfPATI (HE IS THE BEST!!)

LEARN MORE:

Brain and memory - an hour-long BBC film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3hyxShe_8

The Creative Brain - How Insight works: BBC documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2L0t-EN2Yo

A NOVA documentary about dreams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i539ynXmh-c

The Brain Bank - National Geographic Video Clip. See the difference between a "normal" brain and one with Alzeihmer's.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/health-human-body-sci/human-body/brain-bank-sci/

Henry's Brain http://thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu/hm

HM and Memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkaXNvzE4pk

MORE ABOUT HM: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/corkin-hm-memory/

More about Henry- Listen to the story at NPR - turns out his epilepsy started when he was hit by a car.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98184825