PSYC 355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Third Ventricle, Fourth Ventricle, Red Nucleus
6 Dec 2016
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Chapter 7: the structure of the nervous system. Rat: simplified version that has all the general features of mammalian nervous system organized. Spinal cord runs down inside the backbone toward the tail. Anterior or rostral: direction/ anatomical reference pointing towards the rat"s nose. Posterior or caudal: direction pointing towards the rat"s tail. Spinal cord runs anterior to posterior, top side is dorsal and bottom side is ventral cord mirror the left side. Nervous system, divided into 2 equal halves right side of the brain and spinal. ^ bilateral symmetry most structures come in pairs, 1 on right side and. Midline: invisible line running down the middle of the nervous system. Standard way to cut into the brain make cuts parallel to one of the three anatomical planes of section. Midsagittal plane: plane resulting from splitting the brain into equal right + left halves split into rostral and caudal. Sagittal plane: sections parallel to the midsagittal plane.
