Sheep Brain Dissection

During the nervous system, Madison, Chapin & I did a dissection on a sheep brain! Here are some pictures of each step we did.

Materials: 

Sheep Brain

Dissection Tray

Scalpel

Pointer

Scissors 

Our brain :)

Procedure: As you can see in the pictures below, we took our sheep brain and cut it coronal (horizontal all the way up the brain, from the top) 

We then separated each part of the brain to identify different parts in the brain and compare them to our brains. 

  You can see in this picture (above) the difference in the grey and the white matter in the brain. You can also see the brain stem, which is being pointed to.

Conclusion: 

The sheep brain was very similar to the parts in our brain. We have similar parts such as: the grey matter, white matter, brain stem, cerebellum, and they even look somewhat similar. So therefore, I can conclude that this dissection was very helpful because I can compare it to the way that our brain works and the different parts that have different functions!