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Anterior or Rostral

Towards the nose or head

Posterior or Caudal

Toward the tail

Dorsal

Toward the back

Ventral

Toward the belly

Medial

Towards the middle

Lateral

Away from the midline

Midsagittal

Cuts in the sagittal plane down the middle to divide the brain into two symmetrical halves

Sagittal

Cuts perpendicular to the ground and parallel to the neuraxix (neuraxis: imaginary line running through the spinal cord to the front of the brain)

Coronal or frontal

Transverse cuts or cuts perpendicular to the ground and to the sagittal plane (think of a cross section)

Horizontal

Cuts parallel to the ground

Nuclei

Collection of cell bodies in the CNS

Ganglia

Collection of cell bodies in the PNS

Afferent

Incoming axons/ information towards an area

Efferent

Outgoing axons/ information away from an area

Contralateral

Opposite side

Ipsilateral

Same side