PSY 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cranial Nerves, Sensory Processing, Taste
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Chapter 2: how does the nervous system function. Overview of brain function and structure: the brain"s primary functions, creating a sensory reality, integrating information, producing behaviour. 12 cranial nerves, and are involved in processing: autonomic nervous system: controlling functions of internal organs. Automatic processes: the frontal lobe is lateral to the central sulcus, the temporal lobe is ventral to the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe is posterior to the temporal lobe, the brain stem is inferior/ventral to the cortex. The latter referes to an infection to the brain itself. Csf: cerebrospinal fluid (csf, sodium chloride and other salts, fills the ventricles and circulates around the brain and spinal cord in the subarachnoid space (located between the arachnoid layer and the pia matter, cushions the brain, meningitis: Gyri: a groove in brain matter, usually found in the neocortex or cerebellum, sulcus (pl. Sulci: a small cleft formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex, fissure, a very deep sulcus.
