Posts Tagged Central Nervous System
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Putting a Stop to Child Abuse
By Pam Haumann New Parent Services Manager Child Abuse Council What is child abuse? The definition of child abuse is the mistreatment of any child under the age of 18 that causes harm or injury. Child abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional or neglectful in nature. Physical abuse for exam...
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Health Minute with CASI – The Amazing Brain – Part 3
This month we continue a discussion of the Central Nervous System which we began in our May issue. The Central Nervous System includes the brain and spinal cord. Corticospinal or Pyramidal The area has been named “pyramidal” since it crosses through the medulla. Nerve fibers originate in ...
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Health Minute With CASI – The Amazing Brain – Part 2
This month we will continue a discussion of the Central Nervous System which we began last month. The Central Nervous System includes the brain and spinal cord. The Brain Stem is the central core of the brain stem consisting of mostly nerve fibers. It has three areas. • Midbrain: The most a...
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Health Minute With CASI
The Amazing Work of Our Central Nervous System, Part 1 The Nervous System is divided into two parts: The Central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. The Pheripheral nervous system includes the 12 pairs of cranial nerves, and 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and all their branches. The P...
