Uteuk

Dina sasatoan, uteuk, otak, atawa encephalon (Yun. "di jero hulu"), mangrupa puseur pangaturan sistem saraf puseur. Di lolobana sato, uteuk téh ayana dina hulu, ditutup ku tangkorak, sarta deukeut ka parabot tempoan sénsori primér, pangrungu, ékuilibriosépsi, pangrasa, jeung olfaksi.

Gambar uteuk hasil MRI

Di manusa, uteuk téh organ pikeun mikir. Vertebrata lolobana boga uteuk, sedengkeun invertebrata uteukna dipuseurkeun atawa dina bentuk kumpulan ganglion, anapon sato primitif sarupaning spons teu boga uteuk pisan. Uteuk téh wangunna pajeulit pisan. Misalna baé uteuk manusa nu ngandung leuwih ti 100 miliar neuron, nu disambungkeun ka 10.000 neuron lianna.

Bacaan salajengna

• Junqueira, L.C., and J. Carneiro (2003). Basic Histology: Text and Atlas, Tenth Edition. Lange Medical Books McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-121565-4. 
• Sala, Sergio Della, editor. (1999). Mind myths: Exploring popular assumptions about the mind and brain. J. Wiley & Sons, New York. ISBN 0-471-98303-9. 
• Vander, A., J. Sherman, D. Luciano (2001). Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function. McGraw Hill Higher Education. ISBN 0-07-118088-5. 

Rujukan

• Brain, Wikipédia édisi basa Inggris per 13 April 2007

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