Functional Systems
The preceding chapters presented the major structures seen at individual levels of the central nervous system (CNS) or in particular views of the brain. This chapter is complementary, using many…
An Introduction to Neuropathology
The different diagnoses of diseases and disorders within the nervous system are made using neuropathology in coordination with clinical signs/symptoms and imaging. The imaging techniques discussed in Chapter 9 ,…
Clinical Imaging
For many decades, the central nervous system (CNS) of living individuals could be examined only indirectly, for example by using x-rays to study changes in the bones surrounding the CNS…
Axial Sections
This chapter, the second of three showing sections of entire human brains, illustrates axial planes approximating those used in computed tomography scans (see Chapter 9 ). Forebrain structures continue to…
Coronal Sections
This is the first of three chapters showing sections of entire human brains, in this case illustrating approximately coronal planes. Forebrain structures are emphasized, but parts of the brainstem and…
Sagittal Sections
This chapter, the last of three showing sections of entire human brains, illustrates para sagittal planes. Forebrain structures continue to be emphasized, but parts of the brainstem and cerebellum are…
Transverse Sections of the Brainstem
The brainstem contains the continuations of the long tracts seen in the spinal cord together with nuclei and tracts associated with cranial nerves and the cerebellum. These various tracts and…
External Anatomy of the Brain
This atlas emphasizes views of the interior of the human central nervous system (CNS) , sectioned in various planes. Here in the first chapter we lay some of the groundwork…
Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions
The interior of the forebrain is occupied by a series of structures that fit neatly together in three-dimensional space. As a consequence of the embryological development of the brain, some…
Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord
The spinal cord is perhaps the most simply arranged part of the central nervous system (CNS). Its basic structure, indicated in a schematic drawing of the eighth cervical segment (…
