Monday, August 06, 2007

Fish do cough

Yes Anne.. fish do cough.. I did a search on it especially for you.. so bangga a bit ok? I did a literature search on it! Not just google.. :) Well, it's pretty interesting aye? Fish don't cough like we humans do.. Their version of cough is different. They cough to dislodge stuff stuck in their gills. So I guess, coughing for them is a sudden outburst of contraction of their gills!

Anyways, I am suppose to be studying about how to examine cranial nerves in animals.. Well to aid my learning, I shall explain some stuff here.. What are cranial nerves? They are 12 pairs of nerves that originate from our brain that innervate the stuff in our head. I'm gonna list them out and roughly tell you what they do!
I . Olfactory n.
II. Optic n.
III. Oculomotor n.
IV. Trochlear n.
V. Trigeminal n.
VI. Abducent n.
VII. Facial n.
VIII. Vestibulocochlear n.
IX. Glossopharyngeal n.
X. Vagus n.
XI. Accessory n.
XII. Hypoglossal n.

There you go.. now you know more about cranial nerves.. :) I originally wrote down what they do as well, but decided to change my mind.. don't think you guys will read it anyway, unless you know about them, and wanna check whether I know my stuff.. :)

Well, I better get back to it.. It's getting late, and I need to study a fair bit more..
Will try to update soon!