Neuroscience Midterm with 100% correct answers 2023/2024

Neuroscience MidtermMedial-Lateral - correct answer medial means toward the median plane Lateral - correct answer means away from the medial plane Anterior - correct answer toward the front of the brain Posterior - correct answer toward the back of the brain Ipsilateral - correct answer means the same side Contralateral - correct answer means the same side Decussation - correct answer crossing over Nucleus - correct answer group of neurons (nerve cells) in a specific part of the brain/spinal cord that receive info from the same source and project axons to similar targets Commissure - correct answer group of nerve fibers connecting one side of the brain with the other Gyri - correct answer bumps Sulci - correct answer grooves Fissures - correct answer deep sulci Neuron - correct answer functional unit of the nervous system