Basic Neuroanatomy

EDP 5396 Biological Bases of Behavior

Brain Structure

Anterior View

Posterior View

Dorsal View

Ventral View

Lateral

Cross Sections from Various Perspectives

Cuts in brain can be made from various perspectives to view specific structures http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/slice. html provides clear-cut line diagrams and discussion of these perspectives The following slides illustrate actual brain cross-sections.

Medial-Saggital

Saggital MRI

Coronal Cross Section

Horizontal Cross Section

MRI Views

Layers of Protection: Skull and Meninges

Layers of Protection: Skull and Meninges

Cortical/Subcortical

Cortical

Subcortical

Neural Tube Development

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Hindbrain

Midbrain

Forebrain: Diencephalon

Forebrain: Telencephalon

Forebrain: Limbic System

Forebrain: Basal Ganglia

Objectives

Hemispheres

Cortex: 4 Lobes

Vascular: Circle of Willis

Vascular (Blood Supply) System

Aneurysm

Ventricular System (Cerebrospinal Fluid System)

Ventricles

Production of CSF: Choroid Plexus

Choroid Plexus

Disorder of Ventricular System: Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus: Saggital and Coronal Views

Peripheral Nervous System

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