NROB60H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Past, Present, And Future (Ncis), Ventral Root Of Spinal Nerve, Grey Matter
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Nervous system = brain, spinal cord, nerves. Enables you to sense, move, and think. 7000 years ago people bore holes in skulls to find a cure trepanation. Views of the brain in ancient greece. Differences in appearance predict differences in function. Specialized for sensing the environment with the eyes, ears, nose, and tongue. Concluded that brain is the organ of sensation. Views of the brain during roman empire. Tried to deduce the function from the structure of the cerebrum and cerebellum. 2 major parts evident: cerebrum (front) and the cerebellum (back) Suggested that cerebrum (soft) must receive sensations. Cerebrum largely concerned with sensation and perception. Cerebellum primarily a movement control center. Views of the brain from the renaissance to the nineteenth century. French inventors built mechanical devices that supported the notion that the brain can be machinelike in its function. Fluid forced out of the ventricles through the nerves might cause the.