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Lab Practical Terms shark, sheep, skeleton zooology
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/11/2012

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thick membrane urrounding brain
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dura mater or meniges
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cranial nerves
Definition
olfactory in front, optic chiasm x on bottom, oculomotor move eyeballs, trochlear move eyeball, facial, sensory moor and olfactory, abducens move eyeball.
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pituitary gland
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attahed to hypothalymus called master gland
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neocortex
Definition
akacerebrum or c cortex.
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sulci
Definition
grooves on cerebrum
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gryi
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folds called gryi of cerebrum
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cerebellum
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part of metenchalon back of brain. carr out coordinated movements walking
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corpora quadrigemina
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superior colliculi for vission and inferior colliculi for auditory
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pineal gland
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also called apiphysis responsible for rythym in body
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olfactory bulbs
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club like smellng nerves on bottom front of brain
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optic chiasm
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two eye nerves cross on bottom of brain
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lateral ventricles
Definition
mid sagittal middle of cerebrum hollow space. remnant of hollow embro neural tube
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corpus callosum
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white matter connects left and right cortex
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thalamus
Definition
directly below ventricle. part of diencephalon. passes to higher brain systems infor
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hypothalamusd
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dienchephalon. complex reflexes and emotion. connected to pituitary gland that is just below.
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paleocortex
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surrounds thalumus. part of limbic system emotions. part of telenc.
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Pons
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enlarged area below inferior to the cerebellum. part of metencephalon. relay center.
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medulla oblongata
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right before spinal cord. part of mylenchephalon. regulates heart rate and breathing.
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diaphysis
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central shaft of bone
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epiphyses
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ends of bone
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medullary cavity
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hole inside along mid length of bone
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central canal
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part of osteon contains nerves blood vessels
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osteocytes
Definition
bone cells
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lacunae
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space in matrix where osteocytes reside
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lateral line systemwater. found on sides of sharks.
Definition
found in fish senses disturbanes in the
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ampullae of lorenzini
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5ocklock shadow beard thingy on sharks front head near mouth. sense electrical signals.
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external naris
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contains olfactory sacs looks like nostrils
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spiracles
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on top of head. pass water over gills sharks
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choroid
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black behind retina in eye
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sclera
Definition
white outside layer
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cornea
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sclera of anterior. it is clear.
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taptetum lucidum
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blue reflective at back of eye just behind retina
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vitrious humor
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jelly in center of eye. maintains pressure.
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telencephalon
Definition
cerebral cortex neo and paleocortex
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diencephalon
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pineal gland epithalimus, thalamus, hypot
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mesencephalon
Definition
optic lobes also superior colliculi
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metencephalon
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cerebellum and pons
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mylencephalon
Definition
medulla oblongata right before spinal cord
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