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M. Kemal IRMAK MD, PhD Prof. of Histology and Embryology, PhD of Biochemistry Ankara

M. Kemal IRMAK MD, PhD Prof. of Histology and Embryology, PhD of Biochemistry Ankara. Otic and n asal s tructures in B rain Cooling System. Sometimes our b rain s get h otter. O verheated brain can lead to convulsions, fainting, and brain damage. Our brain is like a computer

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M. Kemal IRMAK MD, PhD Prof. of Histology and Embryology, PhD of Biochemistry Ankara

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  1. M. Kemal IRMAKMD, PhDProf. of Histology and Embryology,PhD of BiochemistryAnkara

  2. Otic and nasal structures in Brain Cooling System

  3. Sometimes our brains get hotter.

  4. Overheated brain can leadtoconvulsions, fainting, and brain damage.

  5. Our brain is like a computer and needs cooling. Computer Cooler

  6. Brain is protected from thermal damage by a radiator system.

  7. As in a radiator of a car • Coolant poured into the radiator cools the hot motor of the car.

  8. Brain is protected from thermal damage by a similar radiator system: Brain cooling system.

  9. As brain gets hotter, the veins of this radiator system bring in cool blood from the evaporating surfaces of skin and craniofacial cavities.

  10. sweat mucus The cooling occurs through evaporation of sweat and mucus, and the transfer of the cool venous blood to the brain.

  11. Cool blood No evaporation, no cooling.

  12. Major components of Brain Cooling System • nasal cavity (concha), • paranasal sinuses, • tympanic cavity, • certain parts of head skin.

  13. Two kinds of veins transfer the cool venous blood to the brain 1.Angular vein 2. Emissary veins

  14. Angular vein (a branch of facial vein): Drains cool venous blood from face, eye corners, nose, and lips to brain.

  15. Emissary veins connect the intracranial veins with veins outside the cranium. They bring cool venous blood from scalp, posterior auricular region and nape (back of the neck) to brain.

  16. All craniofacial regions contributing to cooling the brain with emissary and angular veins.

  17. IMPORTANT! Washing or wetting these surfaces of the head (face, mouth, nose, scalp, nape and ears) a number of times helps the brain to remain cool throughout the day.

  18. IMPORTANT! Nasal breathing Nasal, instead of mouth breathing is important for keeping the brain cool.

  19. Nasalbreathing cools the nasal blood and so the brain. Vessels in the concha

  20. RULEThe more surface area, the more cooling.

  21. In hot climates as in Africa, -thick everted lips, -broader nasal cavity (widernasalconcha) -bigger paranasal sinuses provide more evaporating surfaces for an effective brain cooling.

  22. Rule: The smaller brain, the easier cooling. Brain volume: 1450 cc in Eskimo, 1300 cc in Africa (No intelligence difference)

  23. Coiled and spiraled hair in Africa helps the removalof the heat from the scalp and cools the brain.

  24. How these changes occur? Higher skin pigmentation absorbs the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun and protects the body.

  25. How these changes occur? • Theanswer is: Biological Adaptation These geographic variations are due to direct environmental effects which, over many generations, became inherited.

  26. How adaptive changes become inherited? • Theanswer is: Epigenetic inheritance system

  27. In addition to the DNA inheritance system underlying classical genetics, there exists an epigenetic inheritancesystem.

  28. In Epigenetic Inheritance System, heritable changes do not occur in the DNA sequence itself. The best known type of epigenetic modification is the methylation of DNA. The methyl group does not change the coding properties of the base, but may influence the gene expression.

  29. Epigenetic modifications include modifications in the histones. modifications in the DNA bases

  30. Epigenetic inheritance systemallows humans to maintain stable patterns of gene expression over many generations, and enables organisms to acquire and transmit different phenotypes to the next generation. Methylation pattern is heritable

  31. In epigenetic inheritance system while environmental factors produce modifications in the body, they induce long-term epigenetic modifications in the germ cells (oocytes) that are inherited to offspring.

  32. Oocyte production takes a longer time than sperm production (12-40 years vs. 60 days). Thus epigenetic modifications occur mostly in oocytes.

  33. Thislong stagein women allows oocytes to establish many epigenetic modifications.

  34. Important questions: • Is there a limit for epigenetic inheritance system? and • Is species-to-speciesevolution possible?

  35. * There is a limit for epigenetic inheritance.Inheritance of adaptive changes is limited to embryonic neural crest. Neural crest cells migrate and giverise into different cell types.

  36. Neural crest derivatives in the head facial tissues Merkel cells Leptomeninges (pia and arachnoid) pigment cells (Melanocytes)

  37. Facial tissues (cartilage, bone and connective tissue) are derived from neural crest (including paranasal sinuses) Different facial features depend on difference in facial structures.

  38. Pia and arachnoid mater are derived from neural crest. (Pia and arachnoid mater) Differences in cranial volume depend on pia and arachnoid mater.

  39. Melanocytes are derived from neural crest Differences in pigmentation depend on melanocyte activity.

  40. Merkel cellsare derived from neural crest Differencesin hairtypedepend on Merkel cells. Merkel cells

  41. CONCLUSION • Neural crest is the embryonic origin of human diversity. • Biologicaladaptationis limited to thestructures of neural crestorigin. • Therefore species-to-speciesevolution seems unlikely.

  42. Thank you for your interest. • For full-texts of articles • Mail to mkirmak@gata.edu.tr • WhatsApp + 90 536 280 9830

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