If I only had a brain! Brain Lab Page 129
Terminology Dorsal View = view from above Ventral View = view from below
Transverse = split into top & Section bottom sides Sagittal = split into left & Section right sides
CNS Brain Spinal Chord PNS Cranial nerves Spinal Nerves Sensory Receptors
Nerve Cell Bodies Unmyelinated Axons Myelinated Axons
Right Left Longitudinal Fissure
Brain LobeFunction FrontalControl of skeletal muscles (Primary Motor Cortex) TemporalSmell and hearing (Auditory/Olfactory Cortex) ParietalTaste, pain, touch (Primary Sensory Cortex) OccipitalVision (Visual Cortex)
Corpus Callosum Pons Thalamus Hypothalamus Pituitary Gland
What do Meninges do? - Provide space for a layer of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord - Cushions brain against blows to head Meningitis -Inflammation of the meninges due to an infection
Hydrocephalus = (water on the brain), due to build-up of cerebrospinal fluid in infants.