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.

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

Rujukan 
 Brain, Wikipédia édisi basa Inggris per 13 April 2007

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