ANSC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ramus Communicans, Dorsal Root Ganglion, Rubrospinal Tract
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Lectures 8, 9, 10, 11 - anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. The conduction of an impulse towards the center. The gap between the nerve cell and how they communicate. The location of where cell to cell communication is occurring. Site of communication between two cells (two neurons, one neuron and a muscle cell, etc. : the nervous system. The nervous system is the main control center of the body. A response to an internal or external environment. Receptors: end of the dendrite // part that picks up signal - different receptor types: Ex: is something happens to you big toe, it has to go all the way to your brain and back. They do not have any centrioles that drive mitosis. All animals are born of a full set of neurons and cannot obtain any more. Born with full set of nerve cells- they specialize and develop as that animal grows.
