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| Cornea |
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| Choroid exposed |
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| L to R: iris and pupil exposed, extracted cornea, lens (with cilliary body muscles to adjust thickness and focus light), retina extracted back of eye |
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Sheep Eye Dissection 4/28
Monday, April 18, 2016
Clay Brain In-Class Model Creation 4/14
Cross Section on Sagittal Plane Left* (oops) cerebral hemisphere [lateral view]
We referenced a textbook, as well as a couple online sources, to model, identify, and label significant structures in the brain by using play-doh. The sections are color-coded to make identifying each a little easier, but since we still had to repeat a few colors- because of our shallow color pool- our labeling relied more on using lines or arrows to direct sight to the structure.
We referenced a textbook, as well as a couple online sources, to model, identify, and label significant structures in the brain by using play-doh. The sections are color-coded to make identifying each a little easier, but since we still had to repeat a few colors- because of our shallow color pool- our labeling relied more on using lines or arrows to direct sight to the structure.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The Woman with a Hole in her Brain
Source
Thomson, Helen. "Woman of 24 Found to Have No Cerebellum in Her Brain." New Scientist 14
Sept. 2014: n. pag. New Scientist. RELX Group, 10 Sept. 2014. Web. 13 Apr. 2016.
<https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329861.900-woman-of-24-found-to-have-no-
cerebellum-in-her-brain/#.VSq-1ouKrVv>.
Rel&Rev
A woman, at the not-so-young age of 24, had gone to the "Chinese PLA General Hospital of Jinan Military Area Command in Shandong Province" feeling dizzy and nauseated. No small wonder, as the doctors found out, because she was missing a very, er, central portion of her brain: a cerebellum. The cerebellum, though consisting of about a mere 10% of the brain's total volume, consists of around half of the brain's total neurons. Since it controls the motor functions and stores some muscle memory, there were a few- now explained- complications during her childhood, like trouble speaking or walking.
What if you were missing... an occipital lobe?
Since the occipital lobe processes information from the eyes, without one, there would be no way to fully sort, process, and utilize the immense visual information constantly streaming from the eyes, thus, blindness or heavily impaired vision would not be outside the realm of possibility.
Thomson, Helen. "Woman of 24 Found to Have No Cerebellum in Her Brain." New Scientist 14
Sept. 2014: n. pag. New Scientist. RELX Group, 10 Sept. 2014. Web. 13 Apr. 2016.
<https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329861.900-woman-of-24-found-to-have-no-
cerebellum-in-her-brain/#.VSq-1ouKrVv>.
Rel&Rev
A woman, at the not-so-young age of 24, had gone to the "Chinese PLA General Hospital of Jinan Military Area Command in Shandong Province" feeling dizzy and nauseated. No small wonder, as the doctors found out, because she was missing a very, er, central portion of her brain: a cerebellum. The cerebellum, though consisting of about a mere 10% of the brain's total volume, consists of around half of the brain's total neurons. Since it controls the motor functions and stores some muscle memory, there were a few- now explained- complications during her childhood, like trouble speaking or walking.
What if you were missing... an occipital lobe?
Since the occipital lobe processes information from the eyes, without one, there would be no way to fully sort, process, and utilize the immense visual information constantly streaming from the eyes, thus, blindness or heavily impaired vision would not be outside the realm of possibility.
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