The Nerve Project: Exploring the Nerve Tree in Relationship (5 HR/CE)

Course Description

In this 5 hour online talk, Gil will share the latest research and discoveries from his incredible five month journey dissecting the nerve tree. Through visual presentation, lecture, stories, and guided embodiment exercises, Gil will demonstrate the details of both the central and peripheral nervous system. This exploration will include a deep dive into the autonomic plexuses, the sympathetic trunk, the role of lymphatics, the course of the vagus nerve, and the main plexuses of the musculoskeletal system (cervical, brachial, lumbar and sacral) ~ all from an Integral Anatomy perspective. Gil will also share details of the structure of the brain and their key relationships, including the ventricles, pineal and pituitary gland, gyri, cerebellum, cortex, and vasculature.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe and detail the relationships, key landmarks, and structures of the brain, including the vasculature, cerebellum, limbic system, cortex, gyri, ventricles, optic chiasma, brain stem, and pineal and pituitary gland, 
• Identify the relationships and structures of the primary musculoskeletal plexuses, including the cervical plexus, brachial plexus, lumbar plexus, and sacral plexus. 
• Trace the journey of the median, ulnar, musculocutaneous, radial nerve on one’s own body,
• Describe anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) and its relationship to chronic abdominal wall pain (CAWP),
• Describe the integral relationship between the nervous system with fascia, lymphatics, and fat, 
• Describe the course of the right and left vagus nerve from its origin in the cranium to its proposed terminus in the superior mesenteric plexus, 
• Demonstrate the location of the autonomic plexuses on one’s own body (esophageal, pulmonary, cardiac, solar, celiac/gastric, superior mesenteric, and inferior mesenteric),
• In one’s own words, describe how one’s perception of the power of the nervous system has evolved or shifted through the presentation. 

Keywords

vasculature, cerebellum, limbic system, cortex, gyri, ventricles, optic chiasma, brain stem, pineal gland, pituitary gland, primary musculoskeletal plexuses, cervical plexus, brachial plexus, lumbar plexus, sacral plexus, musculocutaneous, radial nerve, anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome, ACNES, chronic abdominal wall pain, CAWP, fascia, lymphatics, fat, vagus nerve, superior mesenteric plexus, autonomic plexus, esophageal, pulmonary, cardiac, solar, celiac, gastric, superior mesenteric, inferior mesenteric

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