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If we look at the base of a brain
which has just been removed from a skull,
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there's very little of the midbrain
that we can actually see.
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Yet, as I demonstrated
in my lecture last week,
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if the under aspects of the temporal lobes
are gently pulled apart,
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the upper portion of the stem
of the brain can be seen.
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This so-called brainstem
consists of the midbrain,
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a rounded protrusion called the pons,
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and a stalk tapering downwards
called the medulla oblongata
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which passes out of the skull
through the foramen magnum
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and becomes, of course, the spinal cord.
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Are there any questions before we proceed?
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I have one question, Dr Frankenstein.
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That's Fronkonsteen.
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I beg your pardon?
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My name. It's pronounced "Fronkonsteen".
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But aren't you the grandson
of the famous Dr Victor Frankenstein,