NROB60H3 Lecture : NROB60 LEC03 LeBout Summer 2012
11 Nov 2012
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Like how bread is pre-cut when purchased. So then when you get there, you are focusing on structures of brain. Saggital cut = split down the top. Gyrencephalic - both gyri & sulci present, making the surface highly folded & convuluted convoluted / k n. v . lu . t d/ / k n. v . lu . t d/ adjective. These memb"s are there to surround & protect cns. Ensures that direct contact is not made with brain and bone of skull lying: intricately folded/twisted/coiled in tri cate/ intrikit/ Made of 3 layers of connective tissue memb"s on top of it (ie. overlying) The layer we were pulling off in lab 1 was pia mater. Due to it being v. thick and tough, it provides protection to brain. = spider web-like structures that join pia mater with arachnoid mater. Which is on top of grey matter (ie. cerebral cortex) All comp"s of it provide protection for brain.
