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==Anatomy==
==Anatomy==
===General===
===General===
* Central nervous system (CNS): Brain, spinal cord.
*Cortex:
**Cerebral lobes: Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, insula.
*Diencephalon: Thalamus, hypothalamus.
*Mesencephalon: Colliculi (superior, inferior).
*Metencephalon: Pons, cerebellum.
*Myelencephalon: Medulla.
*Ventricular system:
**Lateral ventricles, interventricular foramen, third ventricle, cerebral aquaeduct, fourth ventricle, subrachnoid space.
*Meninges:
**Outer Covering, CSF circulation, buoyancy of brain.
**Falx cerebri (between hemispheres), Tentorium cerebelli (separates cerebellum).
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File:Brain_autopsy_top_view.jpg | Brain: Top view
File:Brain_autopsy_top_view.jpg | Brain: Top view
File:Brain_autopsy_bottom_view.jpg | Brain: Bottom view
File:Brain_autopsy_bottom_view.jpg | Brain: Bottom view
File:Brain_autopsy_lateral_view.jpg | Brain: Lateral view
File:Brain_autopsy_lateral_view.jpg | Brain: Lateral view
File:Blausen 0104 Brain x-secs SectionalPlanes.png | Orientation planes
File:Blausen 0104 Brain x-secs SectionalPlanes.png | Orientation planes (WC/blausen staff)
File:1202_White_and_Gray_Matter.jpg | Gray and white matter
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===Important===
===Important===
*Basal ganglia
**Includes: Nucleus caudatus, putamen, pallidum, subthalamus, substantia nigra
**Part of the forebrain.
**Caudate nucleus + putamen = striatum.
**Pallidum + putamen = lenticular nucleus.
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File:Blausen_0076_BasalGanglia.png | Schematic overview (WC/blausen staff)
File:Basal_ganglia_1.jpg | Section with descriptions (WC/SMH)
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*Uncus (as in ''uncal herniation'').
*Uncus (as in ''uncal herniation'').
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File:Uncus_animation_small.gif | Position of the uncus
File:Slide2cuc.JPG | Uncus bottom view (WC/Anatomist90)
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*Cerebellar tonsils (as in ''tonsillar herniation'').
*Cerebellar tonsils (as in ''tonsillar herniation'').