PSY290H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substantia Nigra, Cerebellum, Hindbrain
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Brain size: the deviations from the graph is a residual, humans have the biggest residual compared to any animal, the whale falls below the line of best fit. Differences in cortical complexity: our gyri and sulci are anatomical evidence to our evolution, our brain folds onto itself. If we fold it onto itself we can have more sa in a smaller volume. Front = anterior: back = posterior, when looking at a local element, caudal means the tail of something, rostral is towards the anterior, top = dorsal, bottom = ventral. Finding way around ns: medial longitudinal fissure (gap in the middle) Sagittal plane = through left and right hemisphere: midsagittal cut (splitting up the hemispheres. Frontal plane: coronal section = frontal section, horizontal, separating the dorsal and ventral. Cortical areas named by parts of the skull: the bones in between the sutures have names, the space underneath a curved structure is called a lobe.
