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