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describing the nervous system (Ch 3)
words used to describe direction, slices of nervous system
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Psychology
Graduate
02/04/2012

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neuraxis
Definition
imaginary line drawn through the center of the length of the nervous system, from the bottom of the spinal cord to the front of the forebrain
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anterior or rostral
Definition
located near the head
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posterior or caudal
Definition
towards the tail
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lateral
Definition
towards the side of the body, away from the middle
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medial
Definition
towards the middle of the body
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ipsilateral
Definition
located on the same side of the body
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contralateral
Definition
located on the opposite side of body
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cross sections or frontal sections
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tranveresly cut, like a salami, at right angles to the neuraxis
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horizontal sections
Definition
slice through brain parellel to ground (like cutting hoagie roll)
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sagittal sections
Definition
slice parellel to neuraxis and perpendicular to ground
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midsagital plane
Definition
the sagital cut that divides brain into two halves
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