Sheep Brain Dissection
Dorsal
Anterior
(rostral)
Posterior
(Caudal)
Ventral
2 Cerebral
Hemispheres
Lateral View
Sheep
Brain
Human
Brain
Mid-Saggital View
Lateral View
Mid-Saggital View
Sheep
Brain
Human
Brain
Just one long tube that is folded back on itself!
Base of Brain and Cranial Nerves
Ventricles of the CNS
Lateral
Ventricles
Third
Ventricle
Cerebral
aqueduct
Fourth
Ventricle
Central
Canal of the
spinal cord
Regions of the Central Nervous System
Forebrain
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Midbrain
Mesencephalon
Hindbrain
Metencephalon
Spinal Cord
Myelencephalon
Hindbrain
(Metencephalon and Myelencephalon)
Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla
Oblongata
Hindbrain
Metencephalon
Myelencephalon
Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla
Oblongata
Midbrain (mesencephalon)
Tectum
Tegmentum
Midbrain
Mesencephalon
Tectum
-Superior Colliculus
-Inferior Colliculus
Tegmentum
Midbrain (mesencephalon)
Tectum
Tegmentum
Midbrain
Mesencephalon
Tectum
-Superior Colliculus
-Inferior Colliculus
Tegmentum
Superior Colliculus
Inferior Colliculus
Cerebellum
Medial Side of Neocortex
Forebrain
Corpus Collasum
Thalamus
Optic
Chiasm
Hypothalamus
Forebrain
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Neocortex
Basal Ganglia
Amygdala
Hippocampus
“Limbic
System”
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Telencephalon
Neocortex
Corpus Collasum
White Matter
(Fiber Tracts)
Basal Ganglia
Accumbens
Lateral Ventricle
Telencephalon and Diencephalon
Neocortex
Corpus Collasum
White Matter
(Fiber Tracts)
Basal Ganglia
Accumbens
Lateral Ventricle
Lateral Ventricle
Hippocampus
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Third Ventricle
Hippocampus Curves Around
Hippocampus
With Great Appreciation for those on the Internet….
http://starklab.slu.edu/neuro/SheepBrain.htm (William Stark)
http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/sheep_brain_dissection_bi.htm (cant access)
https://www.msu.edu/~brains/brains/ (Michigan State Univ.)
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/ (Virtual Hospital at Univ. Iowa)
http://www.humboldt.edu/~sheep/pge2.html (cant access but Humbolt Univ.)
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/NEURANAT/CNS014A.html (Univ. Utah)