Monday, March 30, 2009

BAA BAA POOR SHEEP

Baa, Baa poor sheep have you got a brain?
no Sir, no Sir, they're dissecting it again...

This is a site for the study of the sheep's brain. It is brief, but worth taking a look at:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/

Another couple of sites that may be of interest:
http://www.csus.edu/org/nrg/carter/NeurosylActive/sheepbrain/sheepExt.htm

This one is great and the one I used in class to compare with the real sheep brain.
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/brshpx.htm
This is from the same college, but it is a tutorial of the human brain complete with an MRI image of the mid-saggital head.
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/BrainModelMap.htm

I found this video rather gross...but it was informative. Perhaps it is the scooping of the brain with a spoon that was so disturbing. Actually, dissection itself is fascinating, but disturbing.

http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Concepts/Html/sheepbrain.html

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