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The Brain | Lobes, corpus callosum, and cerebellum

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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The Gyrus and the Sulcus of the Brain

The brain is made up of two hemispheres connected by some axonal tracts that go from left to right. If you were to cut into the brain depending on how you're going to look, there's gray matter and white matter in both hemispheres. There are 100 trillion different permutations of neurons talking to each other called synapses or potential synapses. How many particles are there in the known universe grant? At least a hundred. More particles than there are permutations of synapses in the brain. The most complex structure in the universe.

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