Thursday, September 4, 2008

Fun neuroanatomy words

Right now in my motor control class, we are learning all about the brain and its parts and functions. We get to throw around a lot of weird and crazy words; I don't think any other body system has such funny-sounding names for its parts. My two favorites right now are "peduncle," "hippocampus," and "amygdala." However, there are some regular-sounding names too, like "climbing fibers" and "mossy fibers." I think there's even an "olive" somewhere in there; I think it's located near one of the peduncles.

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