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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). | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Important=== | ===Important=== | ||
*Basal ganglia | |||
**Includes: Nucleus caudatus, putamen, pallidum, subthalamus, substantia nigra | |||
**Part of the forebrain. | |||
**Caudate nucleus + putamen = striatum. | |||
**Pallidum + putamen = lenticular nucleus. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Blausen_0076_BasalGanglia.png | Schematic overview (WC/blausen staff) | |||
File:Basal_ganglia_1.jpg | Section with descriptions (WC/SMH) | |||
</gallery> | |||
*Uncus (as in ''uncal herniation''). | *Uncus (as in ''uncal herniation''). | ||
<gallery> | |||
File:Uncus_animation_small.gif | Position of the uncus | |||
File:Slide2cuc.JPG | Uncus bottom view (WC/Anatomist90) | |||
</gallery> | |||
*Cerebellar tonsils (as in ''tonsillar herniation''). | *Cerebellar tonsils (as in ''tonsillar herniation''). | ||