Biology
- Reflex Arc Consists Of
A) Sensory nerve B) Motor nerve C) Both sensory and motor nerve D) None of these The correct answer is: C) Both sensory and motor nerve...
- Particulars
CSF is born in the choroids plexus, into the lateral, third and fourth ventricles. It flows through the sub-Arachnoid spaces, and bathes the brain and spinal chord. CSF drains into the subarachnooid space via median and lateral apertures, located in...
- Brain/ Development Chart
Name Location Function/characteristics Thalamus Diencephalon process and relay sensory information to parts of the cerebral cortex Optic chiasma Diencephalon The crossing nerves of the eyes Pituitary...
- Xerophthalmia
Term: xerophthalmia Literally meaning: ?shaving? Origin: Anc Greek?????/xeros(=dry)????????/ophthalmos (=eye) > ??/ops(=face, look) + ???????/thalamus(=chamber) Coined/History(?) Definition Xerophthalmia is the condition of dry eyes. Xerophtalmia...
- Perineum
Term: perineum Literally meaning: ?around evacuated region? Origin: Anc Greek????????/perineos(=perineum)>????-/peri-(=around) + ????/ineo(=evacuate)+( -um) =latin suffix that forms singular nouns Coined/Historyby Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon...
Biology
thalamus
Term: thalamus
Literally meaning: ?inner room?
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/thalamos(=chamber, inner room )
Coined/History
by Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon (130?200 AD in De Usu Partium (Utility of the Parts of the Bode) by way of comparing the human brain with the ground plan of a Greek house, with the bridal chamber at its heart, emphasizing the central role of thalamus.
Definition
Thalamus is a paired lobed and symmetrical structure of grey matter in the center (midline) of the vertebrates brain. Thalamus is a regulator in sensory function by distributing incoming sensory information to appropriate regions of the cortex.
- Reflex Arc Consists Of
A) Sensory nerve B) Motor nerve C) Both sensory and motor nerve D) None of these The correct answer is: C) Both sensory and motor nerve...
- Particulars
CSF is born in the choroids plexus, into the lateral, third and fourth ventricles. It flows through the sub-Arachnoid spaces, and bathes the brain and spinal chord. CSF drains into the subarachnooid space via median and lateral apertures, located in...
- Brain/ Development Chart
Name Location Function/characteristics Thalamus Diencephalon process and relay sensory information to parts of the cerebral cortex Optic chiasma Diencephalon The crossing nerves of the eyes Pituitary...
- Xerophthalmia
Term: xerophthalmia Literally meaning: ?shaving? Origin: Anc Greek?????/xeros(=dry)????????/ophthalmos (=eye) > ??/ops(=face, look) + ???????/thalamus(=chamber) Coined/History(?) Definition Xerophthalmia is the condition of dry eyes. Xerophtalmia...
- Perineum
Term: perineum Literally meaning: ?around evacuated region? Origin: Anc Greek????????/perineos(=perineum)>????-/peri-(=around) + ????/ineo(=evacuate)+( -um) =latin suffix that forms singular nouns Coined/Historyby Greek phycisian Galen of Pergamon...