Book I
The Nervous System and Psycho-Physical Unity

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          Book I introduces a wide variety of topics further examined throughout the following volumes: including the brain, the twelve cranial nerves, and the neuro-muscular-skeletal anatomy of the human body. Book I also presents Raymond Dart’s anatomical studies; human ontogeny and evolution; movement; and emotion, including the Whispered ‘ah’, the startle pattern, and the limbic system.  These connections illustrate the concept of the “head leading”, and the psycho-physical unity of the human organism.

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I.1 Introductory notes (Murray)

I.2 Homunculus

I.3 Brain: overview

I.4 Brain: overview of arteries, ventricles, limbic system, lobes

I.5 Cranial and spinal nerves

I.6 Cranial nerves: motor and sensory distribution (Netter)

I.7 Memory and visual laterality (Robin)

I.8 Cranial nerves, overview

I.9 Cranial nerves of ear and eye

I.10 Spinal nerves

I.11 Autonomic nervous system and functions

I.12 Dermatomes, C2-S4 head/neck/back (Netter)

I.13 Relation between spinal nerve root and movements (Cole)

I.14 Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny (Robin)

I.15 Nerves and chakras (Robin)

I.16 Dermatomes: C2-S4 (Netter) and correlation with muscles/movements (Murray)

I.17 Nerves: skin sensory receptor densities throughout the body (Robin)

I.18 Nerves: skin sensory receptors of tongue, finger, nose, hand, neck (Robin)

I.19 Dermatomes: correlation with spinal root location, skin, and muscles (Robin)

I.20 Dermatomes with CNS and skeleton (bone, nerve, skin)

I.21 Legs: angles of movement (Robin)

I.22 Spine: angles of extension, flexion, and rotation (Robin)

I.23 Yogasana illustrations I (Robin)

I.24 Yogasana illustrations II (Robin)

I.25 Yogasana illustrations III (Robin)

I.26 Yogasana illustrations IV (Robin)

I.27 Yogasana illustrations V (Robin)

I.28 Yogasana illustrations VI (Robin)

I.29 Yogasana illustrations VII (Robin)

I.30 Location and distribution of cranial nerves

I.31 Startle pattern (F.P. Jones)

I.32 Accessory nerve: cranial and spinal roots

I.33 Accessory nerve: cranial and spinal roots text

I.34 Glossopharyngeal nerve: motor component

I.35 Vagus nerve: motor component

I.36 Vagus nerve: motor component text

I.37 Olfactory nerve (Netter)

I.38 Optic nerve (Netter)

I.39 Oculomotor, trochlear, abducens nerves (Netter)

I.40 Human eye evolution (Tomasello)

I.41 Trigeminal nerve (Netter)

I.42 Fetal thumb sucking

I.43 Facial nerve (Netter)

I.44 Vestibulocochlear nerve (Netter)

I.45 Glossopharyngeal nerve: schema (Netter)

I.46 Vagus nerve: schema (Netter)

I.47 Accessory nerve: schema (Netter)

I.48 Startle pattern (F. P. Jones)

I.49 Hypoglossal nerve (Netter)

I.50 Limbic system and the smile (Carter)

I.51 Relation between spinal nerve root level and movements (Cole)

I.52 Fetal thumb sucking

I.53 Fetal position

I.54 Balasana: child’s pose

I.55 Somites and embryo segmentation: 2 and 5 weeks, (Dart)

I.56 Spiral muscles, embryo and adult (Dart)

I.57 Whispered Ah and ramifications of the cranial nerves (Murray)

I.58 Head and neck anatomy