Overview

• Functional Neuroanatomy is the study of the different structures of the brain along with their theoretical function. 
• In this activity, you will be visiting an interactive 3D image of the human brain at the website BrainFacts.org, which also has great articles about neuroscience. 
• You will be given a worksheet containing a table with rows that correspond to a specific brain function and three columns:
  • Column 1: The name of a brain structure
  • Column 2: An image taken from the 3D brain with an arrow pointing at a specific structure.
  • Column 3: A short description of the structure’s theoretical function.   
• For each row (specific structure), there will be a missing cell(s) that you will need to fill in by using the 3D brain website. You may get a structure name in the first cell, and then you’d need to find the structure, take a picture, paste the image into the second cell, and then write the function of the structure in the third cell of that row. 
• After completing this activity, you should be able to
  • Navigate and use the interactive 3D brain function at BrainFacts.org
  • Identify different structures of the human brain
  • Describe the theoretical function of different brain structures. 

Instructions

1. Watch the ‘how-to’ video below. It will explain how to navigate the 3D brain and fill in the worksheet.
2. Download on of the worksheets (v1 or v2).
3. Visit BrainFacts.org for interactive 3D Brain
4. Go through each row of the worksheet and use the 3D brain to fill in the missing cells. When filling in a cell on function, be sure to put the description in your own words.

Worksheet and How-To Video

This is the worksheet for this lab

This is the link to the how-to video