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Sheep Brain Disection Vocabulary
Vocabulary for our sheep dissection.
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Science
6th Grade
11/01/2010

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Dorsal
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Looking down on the top of the brain
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Ventral
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Looking up from underneath the brain
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Lateral
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Looking from the side of the brain
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Anterior
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At the front of the brain
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Posterior
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At the back of the brain
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Gyri
Definition
Bumps or ridges in the cerebral cortex
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Sulci
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Grooves in the cerebral cortex
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Gray Matter
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Grayish in color, the gray matter is made up of neuron cell bodies
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White Matter
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White in color, the white matter is made up of and covered in myelin
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Medulla Oblongata and Pons
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Parts of the brain stem
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Cerebellum
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Located near the brain stem at the posterior of the brain
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Optic chiasm
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An X-shaped crossing of the optic nerves on teh ventral side of the brain
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