Neuroanatomy Images:
Image #1: Note the different layers, from outside in, especially the three layers of the meninges.
Image #2: Identify the sulci #1 and #7; identify the gyri #2 and #10; and the different colored lobes.
Image #3: Identify: olfactory bulbs; optic chiasm; infundibulum; mammillary bodies;
vertebral arteries; basilar artery; pyramids of the medulla; folds on the surface of the cerebellum.
Image #4: Identify: olfactory bulbs; optic chiasm; mammillary bodies; longitudinal fissure;
oculomotor cranial nerve; abducens cranial nerve; trigeminal cranial nerve; pyramids of medulla
Image #5: Identify: olfactory nerves; optic nerves; optic chaism; mammillary bodies;
oculomotor cranial nerve; trigeminal cranial nerve; abducens cranial nerve; pyramids of medulla; folia.
Image #6: Identify: mammillary bodies (orange); longitudinal fissure; olfactory nerve; optic nerve; optic chiasma.
Image #7: Identify: corpus callosum; frontal sinus; septum pellucidum; thalamus;
optic chiasm; infundibulum; pituitary gland; mammillary body; pons; medulla; 4th ventricle;
cerebral aqueduct; superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; corpora quadrigemina; folia.
Image #8: Identify: falx cerebri; corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; thalamus;
3rd ventricle; cerebral aqueduct; 4th ventricle; superior colluculus; inferior colliculus; pons;
corpora quadrigemina; medulla; spinal cord; optic chiasm; infundibulum; pituitary gland; sella turcica.
Image #9: Identify: frontal lobe; parietal lobe; occipital lobe; temporal lobe;
corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; thalamus; 3rd ventricle; cerebral aqueduct; 4th ventricle; pons;
medulla; spinal cord; cerebellum; folia; superior colliculi; inferior colliculi; corpora quadrigemina;
optic nerve; mammillary body; transverse fissure.
Image #10: Identify: corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; fornix; optic chiasm; mammillary body;
superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; corpora quadrigemina; 3rd ventricle; 4th ventricle; cerebral aqueduct;
pons; cerebellum; transverse fissure.
Image #11: Identify: corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; 3rd ventricle; cerebral aqueduct;
4th ventricle; intermediate mass; superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; pons; medulla;
Image #12: Identify: corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; hypothalamus; optic chiasm;
infundibulum (torn); tuber cinereum; mammillary body; thalamus; 3rd ventricle; 4th ventricle; cerebral aqueduct;
Image #13: What are the 'arbor vitae' and the 'cerebellar peduncles'?
Image #14: How can the 'caudate nucleus' and the 'putamen' be next to each other
when they are separate in Image #14?
Image #15: Identify: longitudinal fissure; corpus callosum; septum pellucidum;
lateral ventricles; caudate nucleus; thalamus; putamen; globus pallidus; fornix; 3rd ventricle;
hypothalamus; insula; choroid plexus; internal capsule; claustrum; lateral fissure.
Image #16: Identify: longitudinal fissure; corpus callosum; septum pellucidum;
lateral ventricles; caudate nucleus; thalamus; putamen; globus pallidus; fornix; 3rd ventricle;
mammillary bodies; insula; internal capsule; claustrum; lateral fissure.
Image #17: Identify: superior colliculi; inferior colliculi; 4th ventricle;
tentorium cerebelli; falx cerebri.
Image #18: Identify: corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; lateral ventricles;
choroid plexus; falx cerebri; caudate nucleus; putamen; globus pallidus; insula; longitudinal fissure.
Image #19: Identify: corpus callosum; septum pellucidum; lateral ventricles;
choroid plexus; falx cerebri; caudate nucleus; putamen; globus pallidus; insula; longitudinal fissure.
Image #20: Identify: caudate nucleus
Image #21: Identify: cingulate gyrus
Image #22: Identify: hippocampus
Image #23: Identify: hippocampus
Image #24: Identify: insula
Image #25 & #26:Midsagittal Sections of Midbrain and Thalamus.
Image #27: Horizontal Section.
Image 28: Note the parahippocampal gyrus and uncus.
Image 29: Note the Parahippocampal Gyrus and Cingulate Gyrus.
Image 30: Note the parahippocampal gyrus and parieto-occipital sulcus.
Image 31: What structure is marked with the 'star'?
Image 32: What is highlighted in red?
Image 33: Coronal Section: Note hippocampus.
Image 34: hippocampus.
Image 35: midsagittal section.
Image 36: Note hippocampus in bottom coronal section.
Image 37: Hippocampus.
Image #38: Fornix
Image #41: Identify the substantial nigra and red nucleus.
Image #42: The substantial nigra.
Image #43: Identify the substantial nigra.
Image #44: Identify the substantial nigra and red nucleus.
Image #45: The Spinal Cord with Meninges.
Image #46: Cauda Equina.
Image #47: Spinal Cord.
Image #48: Spinal Cord.
Image #49: Spinal Cord.
Image #50: Spinal Cord.
1:Anterior Median Fissure; 2:Pia Mater; 3:Denticulate Ligaments;
4:Arachnoid and Dura Mater (reflected); 5:Spinal Blood Vessel;
6:Dorsal Root of 6th Cervical Nerve; 7:Ventral Root of 6th Cervical Nerve.
Image #51: Hypothalamus.
Image #52:Circle of Willis.
Image #53:Spinal Cord: Sacral Level.
Image #54:Spinal Cord: Lumber Level.
Image #55:Spinal Cord:
Image #56:Spinal Cord: Thoracic Level.
Image #57:Spinal Cord: Cervical Level.
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1:spinal cord; 2:dorsal root; 3:ventral root; 4:intercostal nerves;
5:sympathetic trunk; 6:ganglia of sympathetic trunk; 7:rami communicantes;
10:lesser splanchnic nerve; 11:greater splanchnic nerve; 12:inferior vena cava;
15:body of vertebra; 16:aorta; 17:azygous vein; 18:diaphragm; 19:kidney.
A:Purkinje cell from the cerebellar cortex; B:Granule cell from the cerebellar cortex;
C:Projection neuron from the inferior olivary nucleus; D:Spinal cord motor neuron;
E:Large pyramidal neuron from the cerebral cortex; F:Olfactory receptor neurons;
G:Dorsal root ganglion cells
A pyramidal neuron from the hippocampus of a rat brain, injected with dye.
Blue Arrow: Cell body;
Pyramidal neurons of cerebral cortex individually injected with dye.
Remember that the entire tissue is a solid collection of millions of these neurons.
Unmyelinated Neurons - unlabeled
Unmyelinated Neurons - labeled
Unmyelinated Neurons - high power - unlabeled
Unmyelinated Neurons - high power - labeled
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