Main points
- Directional terms
- What is it
- Where is it
- Relative to other things
- CNS/PNS
- Forebrain/midbrain/hindbrain
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Nervous system of Harriet Cole from https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/the-nervous-system-of-harriet-cole/
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Forebrain | Lateral | Telencephalon | Cerebral cortex |
Basal ganglia | |||
Hippocampus, amygdala |
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Third | Diencephalon | Thalamus | |
Hypothalamus |
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Midbrain | Cerebral Aqueduct | Mesencephalon | Tectum, tegmentum |
Major division | Ventricular Landmark | Embryonic Division | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
Hindbrain | 4th | Metencephalon | Cerebellum, pons |
– | Mylencephalon | Medulla oblongata |
Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain terminology derives from embryonic stages in CNS development.
Embryonic human brain from Wikipedia
Labelled MRI including thalamus and hypothalamus
Cranial nerves from https://www.britannica.com/science/cranial-nerve#/media/1/141797/46720
Multiple hierarchies
[Figure 1 from@Saenz2014-ao]
Wikipedia
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