PSYCH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Inferior Colliculus, Superior Colliculus, Cranial Nerves

• School: U of M
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 345
• Professor: Patricia Reuter- Lorenz

Document Summary

See this link for original webpage for these first few orientation notes. Navigating around the brain: planes of section. Coronal: in an upright individual, sections looking head-on directly facing you. Sagittal: sections looking head-on toward an upright individual facing sideways. Horizontal (also known as transverse or axial sections): are parallel to the floor when the subject is standing upright: orientation. Rostral/anterior: the frontal section of the brain closest to the face, nose, and mouth. Caudal/posterior: the rear section of the brain closest to the back of the head. This refers to the tail in animals (caudal). Dorsal/superior: the upper section of the brain closest to the top of the head. This refers to the back in animals (think dorsal fin in dolphins, fish). Ventral/inferior: the lower section of the brain closest to the neck. The orientation is used in conjunction with a sectional view to navigate through the brain: Rostral/caudal or anterior/posterior is used to locate coronal sections.