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                                                                      Ventral View
                                                                          of Brain
 
 

Guide:
1) Spinal  Accesory Nerve (Cranial Nerve 11)
2) Pyramidal Tract (Part of Corticospinal Tract)
2a) This hump is formed from the decussation of the Pyramidal Tract
3) Trapezoid Body (Decussation of Auditory Fibers)
4) Abducens Nerve (Cranial Nerve 6)
5) Trigeminal Nerve (Cranial Nerve 5)
6) *Lateral Olfactory Gyrus
7) Oculomotor (Unilateral - the other one was torn off during dissection)
8) Cerebral Peduncle (Not cerebellar peduncle) which is part of the corticospinal tract
9) *Hippocampal Gyrus
10) *Cortical area superficial (ventral) to the Amygdala)
11) Mammilary Body
12) Median Emminance of the Hypothalamus
13) Part of the Optic Nerve, Chiasm, and Tract
14) Olfactory Bulb

***Note - The Pyriform Area is composed of areas 6 and 9 excluding area 10