Views & Cuts of the Brain

Question 1

Basal View

Answer 1

Looking at brain from underneath the bottom

Question 2

Lateral View

Answer 2

Looking at brain from the side

Question 3

Mid-Sagittal View

Answer 3

Looking at brain in the middle

Question 4

Anterior (Rostral)

Answer 4

Brain: front end (frontal lobe) Spinal Cord: Top (near midbrain)

Question 5

Posterior (Caudal)

Answer 5

Brain: Back end (occiptal lobe) Spinal Cord: Bottom (near butt bone)

Question 6

Dorsal

Answer 6

Brain: top of brain (parietal lobe) Spinal Cord: Toward the Back

Question 7

Ventral

Answer 7

Brain: basal, underneath the bottom Spinal Cord: Toward the belly

Question 8

Horizontal Cut

Answer 8

Separating the top part from the bottom part of the brain

Question 9

Coronal Cut

Answer 9

Separating the front part from the back part of the brain

Question 10

Sagittal Cut

Answer 10

Separating the left part from the right part of the brain

Question 11

Afferent

Answer 11

Carrying information towards the target area

Question 12

Efferent

Answer 12

Carrying information away from the target area