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Ovis Brain - telecephalon
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
06/16/2009

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Cerebral hemispheres
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integrations of complex behavioral patters; controls complicated mvoements; assembles and integrates visual, olfactory and auditory information
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gyri (cream)
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increase surface area of cerebral hemispheres
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sulci (dark)
Definition
increase surface area of cerebral hemispheres
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cerebral fissure
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divides the cerebrum into two hemispheres
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corpus callosum
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allows the two sides of the neocortex (in the cerebral hemispheres) to receive information from one another
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septum pellucidum
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(none)
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fornix
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carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies
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anterior commisure
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connects the two cerebral hemispheres, transferring information to coordinate functions
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Olfactory bulbs
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filters and transmits smell information from nose (and olfactory nerves) to the brain; may enhance discrimination between odors and filter out background odors
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lateral olfactory tracts
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transmits information fromt eh olfactory bulbs to the olfactory lobes (pyriform area)
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pyriform area (= olfactory lobe)
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processes olfactory information
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rhinal fissure
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seperates the pyriform area from the cerebral hemispheres
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