Planes & Directions: Human Brain
Lecture 1 2011Biological Psychology Laboratory
Anatomical Terms of Location
Planes in the Human Brain
Horizontal Midsagittal Coronal
Bottom, Inferior, Ventral
Top, Superior, Dorsal
Back, Posterior Caudal
Front, Anterior Rostral
Directions in the Human Nervous System
And here are the four different views of the brain (lateral, medial, dorsal, and ventral view):
Human
Rat
On Midline
Organization of the Nervous System
PNS to CNSSensory signalsEyes, ears, smell
CNS to PNSSkeletal muscle
Viscera to CNS
CNS to PNS