BIOSC-116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cerebrospinal Fluid, Grey Matter, Central Canal
16 Jun 2020
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Super important in terms of maintaining homeostasis in our bodies, - it is essential. Largely responsible for coordinated our autonomic nervous system. Handles all imbalances that are involuntary inside of body. Body gets used to certain rhythms, these scheduled activities are documented in your body and your body will prepare to respond ahead of time if you"re always doing the same type of activity at the same time. Also part of the limbic system which is the emotional part of our brain involved in our more primal feelings, sex drive, pain perception, pleasure, fear and anger. A network of neurons that"s present within the brain stem. In general, we receive about 100 million sensory impulses per second and if we were to become aware of every single sensory input we receive, we wouldn"t be able to function. The ras diminishes the importance of certain sensory inputs. The limbic system stop here for quiz studying.
