Ex. 10: Organization of Nervous Tissues

The Lab Report 

The Lab Report (With Cat Dissection)
(Click on the link to open the document into your word processor to submit electronically to your instructor). 

Slides and Diagrams:

• Spinal Cord Smear Slide
• Pyramidal Cells Slide
• Purkinje Cells Slide
• Dorsal Root Ganglion Slide
• Teased Myelinated Nerve Fiber Slide 

Relevant Web Sites:

• Get Body Smart: Nervous Tissue Tutorials

• Neuron Tutorial and Quiz

• Nervous System (Anatomy and Physiology Links - A CRLA Project by Mary Sharon - http://tomball.lonestar.edu/40144/)
  • Neuroscience for Kids!
    Don't let the name fool you. This site has a lot of good info, often explained quite well.
  • Really neat, interactive dissection of a sheep's brain
  • Basic Neural Processes
    Good quizzes and a real nice animated discussion of the chemical basis of the action potential
  • Sheep Brain Tutorial
    Nice tutorial from Dr. Crimando.
  • Tutorial on the 12 Cranial Nerves
    Another tutorial worth checking out!
  • Anatomy of the Nervous System
    Another good site from UW-L. Multiple images (different views and sections) of brain models and the sheep brain. Good for review and study.
  • Histology of the Nervous System
    Several decent images and a picture of the neuron model. Not too bad. UW-L again.
  • Atlas of the Human Brain
    Comprehensive site full of images and pathological information. For the serious student.
  • The Eye and the Ear
    More from UW-L. This one has sections of the retina and the cochlea.
    
• Animation of How We Feel Pain
  • http://www.spineuniverse.com/videos/low-back-pain/
  • http://www.painresearch.utah.edu/cancerpain/neuromovMenu.html