Posts Tagged Motor Fibers

  • Health Minute With CASI: The Amazing Brain – Part 4

    Spinal and Cranial nerves are the most exciting part of this whole series! There are 12 cranial nerves. They supply primarily the head and neck, except the vagus nerve (which travels to the heart, respiratory muscles, stomach, and gallbladder.) The 31 pairs of spinal nerves arise from the spina...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...