PSYC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Olfactory Bulb, Cerebral Cortex, Anatomical Terms Of Location
14 Jun 2016
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Lateral o toward the side: medial o toward the middle. Geography of the brain: contralateral o structures on opposite side of the body o e. g. left cerebral cortex controls movement of the contralateral hand mean that it controls the movement of the right hand. The meninges: brain is encased in a bony skull and floats in a pool of cerebrospinal fluid. The brain is chemically guarded by the blood-brain barrier. The brain receives a large supply of blood because it is unable to store its own fuel. The meninges are the tough, protective connective tissue that surround the brain o the dura matter is a outer which, tough but unstretchable tissue o the arachnoid membrane is the middle soft, spongy layer. Outer and inner layers (dura and pia mater) fuse and form a sheath that covers the spinal and cranial nerves and the peripheral ganglia. The ventricles are interconnected hollow spaces filled with csf.
