Planes & Directions: Human Brain

Lecture 1 2011Biological Psychology Laboratory

Anatomical Terms of Location

Planes in the Human Brain

Horizontal Midsagittal Coronal

Ventral

Dorsal

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