- Tham gia
- 28/8/21
- Bài viết
- 107
- Được thích
- 0
142
#1
THE BRAINSTEM
The brainstem, located between the thalamus and the spinal cord connection, is subdivided into the three components of midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata, and in turn provides three major functions.
first). It serves as the central nervous system's nerve pathway, whose travel is bidirectional-that is, both up and down.
2). As the processing center of sensory family secrets and traumas information, it controls bodily function by means of mostly subconscious commands to organs.
3). "(It) allows us to process sensory information from the cranial nerves and to control the muscles and glands of the head and neck to consume and digest food and communicate by speech and facial expression," advises Ashwell (ibid, p. 40).
It is from the brainstem, which has changed little throughout the centuries and is almost identical to that in lower food chain animals, that the brain eventually evolved into higher-functioning areas, particularly the cerebral cortex. Its nerve pathways connect it, via the intermediate brainstem, with the spinal cord.
The brainstem, located between the thalamus and the spinal cord connection, is subdivided into the three components of midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata, and in turn provides three major functions.
first). It serves as the central nervous system's nerve pathway, whose travel is bidirectional-that is, both up and down.
2). As the processing center of sensory family secrets and traumas information, it controls bodily function by means of mostly subconscious commands to organs.
3). "(It) allows us to process sensory information from the cranial nerves and to control the muscles and glands of the head and neck to consume and digest food and communicate by speech and facial expression," advises Ashwell (ibid, p. 40).
It is from the brainstem, which has changed little throughout the centuries and is almost identical to that in lower food chain animals, that the brain eventually evolved into higher-functioning areas, particularly the cerebral cortex. Its nerve pathways connect it, via the intermediate brainstem, with the spinal cord.
