Human Nervous System Anatomy and Function

Cavity of diencephalon is known as third ventricle.

Thalamus is the area which serves as the relay centre for sensory and motor impulses from spinal cord and brain stem to various parts of the cerebrum.

Hypothalamus links the nervous system to the endocrine system and controls the functioning of the endocrine glands.

Pons varolli coordinates the muscle movements on the two sides of the body.

Iter is a narrow canal which connects the fourth ventricle to the third ventricle.

The central lobe or middle zone of cerebellum is called vermis.

Cerebellum controls coordination and balance. Damage to cerebellum causes disorder in equilibrium.

The term mammillothalamic tract refers to a fibre pathway that originates from neurons in the posterior hypothalamic region and projects to various nuclei of the anterior nuclear group of the thalamus.

In most people, the language area is chiefly on the left.

Purkinje cells are the largest neurons in the human brain.

They are the immune cells of CNS which includes brain.

Cardiac centre of vital centres regulates heart beat.

Purkinje cells are found in cortex of cerebellum of brain

Metacoel is the inner cavity of medulla.

Oligodendrocytes (Oligodendroglia) form myelin in the CNS and hence are responsible for normal propagation of action potentials.