How the Brain Works The Facts Visually Explained by DK (z-lib.org)
Taste and smell Detecting flavors depends as much on the nose as on the taste buds. The nose picks up external odors from food ( ...
The skin is the biggest organ of the body and also the largest sense organ. Packed with sensors, it enables us to experience a w ...
The somatosensory cortex All information from touch receptors is processed in the somatosensory cortex. This area sits across th ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Proprioception Proprioception The body has its own sense of where it is and how it is moving in s ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Proprioception 84 85 Sometimes proprioception can be confused, making the body feel like somethin ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Feeling Pain Feeling Pain Although unpleasant, pain is a useful warning sign that something isn’t ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Feeling Pain 86 87 DORSAL HORN SPINAL CORD Pain signals reach the spinal column The nerve bundle ...
How to Use Your Brain The Regulatory System to Manage Pain When we are in pain, the usual courses of action involve medical trea ...
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BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES The Regulatory System The Regulatory System The human body is a cooperative of 38 trillion cells ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES The Regulatory System 90 91 Feedback loops Biological systems operate on a mechanism of inputs an ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Neuroendocrine System Neuroendocrine System Maintaining homeostasis (see p.90) requires the brain ...
92 93 BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Neuroendocrine System Hormone producers Hormones are used for two types of communications. ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Hunger and Thirst Hunger and Thirst Food and drink are essential to human survival. Prompts by ho ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Hunger and Thirst 94 95 HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER? Three to four days is the ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Planning Movement Planning Movement Conscious movements are those that we deliberately decide to ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Planning Movement 96 97 Deciding how to move The dorsolateral frontal cortex and parietal cortex ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Making a Move SPINAL CORD Making a MoveOnce our brain has planned a movement (see pp.96–97), it s ...
98 99 N E U R O M U S C U L A R^ JU N CT IO N At the neuromuscular junction, the end of the axon releases acetylcholine, a neuro ...
BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND THE SENSES Unconscious Movement Unconscious Movement We perform many voluntary actions without having to thi ...
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