Veterinary Physiology of Nervous system

Veterinary Physiology of Nervous system includes- neurons, supporting cells, properties and classification of nerve fiber, membrane potential, stimulus, synapse, receptors, CNS and PNS and their parts, vision and hearing organs.

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1. Introduction
2. Embryological development and divisions
3. Neurons
4. Classification of neurons
5. Supporting cells
6. Nerve fibers
   • Classification
   • Properties
7. Impulse
   • Principles of membrane potential
   • Resting Potential
   • Action potential of Nerve and Muscle fibers
   • The voltage-gated sodium channel
   • The Voltage – gated Potassium channel
   • Properties of Impulse and stimulus
8. Synapse
   • Anatomy of synapse
   • Types of synapse
   • Synaptic Transmission of Impulse
   • Ionophore component
   • Synapse Neurotransmitters
9. Receptors
   • Classification of sensory receptor
   • Cutaneous receptors
   • Thermoceptors
   • Nociceptors
   • Proprioceptors
   • Muscle spindle organ
   • Mechanism of action of Gamma motor neurons
   • Golgi tendon organ
   • Visceral receptors
10. CNS
11. Cerebral Cortex
12. Regions of cerebral hemisphere
13. Corpus collosum
14. Basal ganglia
15. Corpus striatum and Globus pallidus
16. Limbic System
17. Amygdala
18. Thalamus
19. Hypothalamus
20. Pineal gland
21. Interbrain (Diencephalon)
22. Cerebellum
23. Midbrain
24. Brain stem
25. Medulla oblongata and Pons
26. Functions of BSRF
27. Reflex activities of brain stem
    • Emetic reflex
    • Suckling reflex
    • Salivatory reflex
    • Swallowing reflex
    • Mastication reflex
    • Cough reflex
    • Sneeze reflex
    • Micturition reflex
28. Sleep
    • Electro Encephalogram
29. Spinal cord
    • Gray matter and white matter
    • Sensory Nuclei of spinal cord
    • Motor Nuclei of spinal cord
    • Lateral funiculus of spinal cord
    • Ascending tract
    • Descending tract
    • Pyramidal system and Major motor control
    • Demonstration of the motor control of the brain
    • Gamma loop mechanism
    • Spinal animal and Thalamic animal
30. Reflexes
    • Classification of reflex arc
    • Properties of reflex arc
    • Properties of polysynaptic arcs
    • Postural Reflexes
    • Vestibular apparatus
    • Nystagmus
    • Myotatic reflex or Knee jerk reflex
    • Importance of equatorial region
    • Golgi tendon reflex
    • Withdrawal reflex
    • Scratch reflex
    • Conditioned reflexes
31. PNS
32. ANS
    • Classification of ganglia
    • Nerve fibers
    • Segment of Autonomic Nervous System
    • Neuro transmitters of Autonomic Nervous System
    • Sympathetic nervous system
    • Parasympathetic nervous system
    • Functions of sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions
    • Reflex activities of Autonomic Nervous System
    • Enteric Nervous System
33. Physiology of Vision
    • Physiological anatomy of eye
    • Photo transduction
    • Mechanism of photoreception
    • Visual pathway
    • Types of vision
    • Accommodation of the eye
34. Auditory apparatus
35. Process of hearing
36. Auditory pathway
37. Olfaction
38. Gustation
39. Transduction of taste