RT Book, Section
A1 Parikh, Sagar S.
A1 Parikh, Shailesh S.
A2 Mitra, Raj
SR Print(0)
ID 1182775203
T1 Nervous System
T2 Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793339
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182775203
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  nervous  system  is  unique  in  its  ability  to  accept  and  interpret  various  stimuli  and  develop  a  response  to  that  stimuli,  whether  action  based  or  emotional.  In  addition  to  seemingly  voluntary  outputs,  it  works  to  involuntarily  maintain  homeostasis  throughout  the  body.  The  highest  concentration  of  neurons,  the  basic  unit  of  our  nervous  system,  is  within  the  brain  and  numbers  in  the  tens  of  billions.1  When  regarding  the  nervous  system  as  a  whole,  the  total  number  of  neurons  has  been  hypothesized  to  exceed  100  billion.  Though  knowledge  of  the  architecture  of  our  nervous  system  is  quite  vast,  novel  research  is  constantly  pushing  the  boundaries  of  our  understanding  and  providing  new  insights  into  this  incredibly  intricate  system.  Through  the  context  of  this  chapter  we  will  touch  upon  aspects  of  the  central  and  peripheral  nervous  system,  including  its  anatomy  and  physiology.  In  addition  to  this  we  will  outline  ways  to  interpret  the  health  of  a  patient's  nervous  system  through  physical  examination  and  diagnostic  tools.  This  text  is  meant  to  serve  as  a  primer  of  information  to  create  a  foundation.  At  times  details  may  be  purposefully  foregone  as  they  will  be  discussed  in  later  chapters  with  detail.