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Introduction to the Nervous System

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The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is housed in the cranium/skull. It consists of the brain stem, diencephalon, cerebellum, and cerebrum. At the foramen ­magnum, the highest cervical segment of the spinal cord is continuous with the lowest level of the medulla of the brain stem. The 12 cranial nerves attached to the brain form the upper part of the part of the peripheral nervous system and record general sensations of pain, temperature, touch, and pressure but in addition we now find the presence of the special senses of smell, vision, hearing, balance, and taste. The blood supply to the brain originates from the first major arterial branches from the heart insuring that over 20% of the entire supply of oxygenated blood flows directly into the brain.

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  1. Anatomy and Cellular Biology Fulbright Scholar, Tufts University Health Sciences School, Boston, MA, USA

    Stanley Jacobson PhD (Professor)

  2. Neurology, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, USA

    Elliott M. Marcus MD (Professor)

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Jacobson, S., Marcus, E.M. (2011). Introduction to the Nervous System. In: Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9653-4_1

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