ANT 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-7: Binocular Vision, Rhinarium, Dentition
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This provides for depths perception or viewing the external environment in three dimensions. Stereoscopic vision is partly a function of structures in the brain: binocular vision: vision characterized by overlapping visual fields provided by forward-facing eyes. Binocular vision is essential to depth perception: hemispheres: two halves of the cerebrum that are connected by a dense mass of fibers, olfaction: the sense of smell. Neocortex: the more recently evolved portion of the brain that is involved in higher mental functions and composed of areas that integrate incoming sensory information. Adaptive niche: an organism"s entire way of life: where it. Dental formula: numerical device that indicates the lives, what it eats, how it gets food, how it avoids predators, and so on. number of each type of tooth in each side of the upper and lower jaws. Cusps: the bumps on the chewing surface of premolars and molars.
