CMD 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Internal Capsule, Occipital Lobe, Precentral Gyrus

• School: URI
• Department: Communicative Disorders
• Course: CMD 377
• Professor: Mikyong Kim

Document Summary

Cmd 377 - lecture 3 - planes, direction, and fundamental brain structures. Sagittal - divides brain into left and right sides. Mid-sagittal - divides brain into 2 symmetrical halves. Parasagittal - parallel to sagittal plane, not on the midline. Frontal/coronal - parallel to the long axis of the body and perpendicular to sagittal plane. Divides brain into front and back sections. Transverse/axial - perpendicular to the long axis of the body. Divides body into upper and lower sections. Any neuron or nerve cell located outside of the skull and vertebral column. Ganglia - masses of neuronal cell bodies in the pns. Referred to as nuclei in the central nervous system (cns) Nerve - bundle of axons; collection of nerve fibers. Communicates information between cns and outer body. Referred to as tracts in the cns. Carries information to/from muscles and skeletal framework to/from cns. Carries information to/from internal organs to/from cns.