A COLLEAGUE BROUGHT A SHEEP
BRAIN, FRESH FROM THE BUTCHER, TO
SCHOOL FOR ME TO DISSECT. THE
BRAIN WAS SOFT AND SQUISHY, KIND
OF LIKE COTTAGE CHEESE.
IT GRADUALLY FELL APART THE MORE
WE EXPLORED IT.
THE DISSECTION IN THESE PICTURES,
MY SECOND ONE, WAS DONE ON A
PRESERVED SHEEP BRAIN – EASIER TO
WORK WITH BUT IT FELT MORE LIKE A
MODEL THAN THE “REAL” THING.
PICTURES FROM MY SECOND SHEEP BRAIN DISSECTION

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

THE MENINGES, A STRONG, TRANSPARENT COVERING,
SURROUNDS AND PROTECTS THE CORTEX.

WITH THE MENINGES PEELED BACK YOU CAN SEE THE
GYRI (THE FOLDS) AND SULCI (THE GROOVES).

SPLITTING THE BRAIN DOWN THE MIDDLE EXPOSES THE RIGHT
AND LEFT HEMISPHERES, WHICH MIRROR ONE ANOTHER.