{"id":1503,"date":"2016-10-06T16:59:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T23:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2016-10-06T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T00:00:51","slug":"superior-colliculus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/2016\/10\/06\/superior-colliculus\/","title":{"rendered":"Superior Colliculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>superior colliculus<\/strong> is part of the midbrain, also known as the tectum in non-mammalian vertebrates. \u00a0This area of the brain directs behavioral responses, particularly how the eyes respond to stimulus and the corresponding movement of the head and neck.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for this structure in a mammalian brain specimen, like a sheep, pull the <strong>cerebellum<\/strong> down and away from the <strong>cerebrum<\/strong>. \u00a0The superior colliculus will appear as a &#8220;butt-shaped&#8221; structure between the two parts of the brain. \u00a0The inferior colliculus lies directly below it. \u00a0 The round\u00a0<strong>pineal gland<\/strong> can also be found tucked within the &#8220;butt-crack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1504\" src=\"http:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-content\/images\/superior-colliculus-labeled-1.jpg\" alt=\"colliculus\" width=\"900\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-content\/images\/superior-colliculus-labeled-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-content\/images\/superior-colliculus-labeled-1-250x215.jpg 250w, https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-content\/images\/superior-colliculus-labeled-1-500x430.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-content\/images\/superior-colliculus-labeled-1-768x660.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The superior colliculus is part of the midbrain, also known as the tectum in non-mammalian vertebrates. \u00a0This area of the brain directs behavioral responses, particularly how the eyes respond to stimulus and the corresponding movement of the head and neck. If you are looking for this structure in a mammalian brain specimen, like a sheep, pull the cerebellum down and away from the cerebrum. \u00a0The superior colliculus will appear as a &#8220;butt-shaped&#8221; structure between the two parts of the brain. \u00a0The inferior colliculus lies directly below it. \u00a0 The round\u00a0pineal gland can also be found tucked within the &#8220;butt-crack.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[65,103,69,211,61,209,137,22],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anatomical","tag-brain","tag-cerebellum","tag-cerebrum","tag-colliculus","tag-dissection","tag-midbrain","tag-pineal","tag-superior","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anatomycorner.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}