Rat Brain Comparative Anatomy

This model illustrates the anatomy of a rat brain. The brain model is sectioned medially and can also be divided into two halves. The right half of the brain shows the colour coded structures of the cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem (cerebrum = pink, cerebellum = blue, brain stem = yellow), both externally and in the median section. The left half of the rat brain model is largely transparent, illustrating a view of the coloured left lateral ventricle and hippocampus, which can also be seen in the median section. For purposes of comparison, a natural cast of a rat brain and a didactic, small-scale illustration of a human brain in median section are shown on the base, with the same colour coding used for the various regions.