Anatomical description Cranial, Rostral Cranial, Rostral Dorsal Dorsal Superior (supra-) Superior...

Anatomical descriptionAnatomical description

Cranial, RostralCranial, Rostral DorsalDorsal Superior (supra-)Superior (supra-) AnteriorAnterior MedialMedial SagittalSagittal Longitudinal, Longitudinal,

axialaxial AfferentAfferent

CaudalCaudal VentralVentral Inferior Inferior

(infra-)(infra-) PosteriorPosterior LateralLateral CoronalCoronal TransverseTransverse EfferentEfferent

MedianMedian

Where?Where?

PosteriorAnterior

Inferior

Superior

LateralMedial

Median

SkullSkull OcciputOcciput NasionNasion BregmaBregma MastoidMastoid StyloidStyloid OrbitOrbit MaxillaMaxilla SphenoidSphenoid ZygomaZygoma EthmoidEthmoid AlveolusAlveolus

Frontal

Temporal

Parietal

Occipital

UnderlyingCortexCorresponds

Brain tissueBrain tissue

Grey matterGrey matter Cell bodies onlyCell bodies only cortex (surface), nuclei (agglomeration), cortex (surface), nuclei (agglomeration),

thalamusthalamus White matterWhite matter

Fibres onlyFibres only nerve, tract, peduncle, commissure, nerve, tract, peduncle, commissure,

internal capsuleinternal capsule

Latin & GreekLatin & Greek DecussateDecussate cross over L-Rcross over L-R CommissureCommissure point of point of

connectionconnection ChiasmChiasm X-shapeX-shape StriateStriate stripeystripey FusiformFusiform spindle-spindle-

shapedshaped DentateDentate toothedtoothed Reticulate, Plexiform: net-likeReticulate, Plexiform: net-like Stellate, Astro-: star-shapedStellate, Astro-: star-shaped Dendro-Dendro- tree-shapedtree-shaped Cortex, cortic-Cortex, cortic- outer layerouter layer MedullaMedullacorecore Cerebrum (=encephalo-): Cerebrum (=encephalo-):

brainbrain -ellum, -culus-ellum, -culus small small

(diminutive)(diminutive)

NigraNigra blackblack Rubro-, rhodo- redRubro-, rhodo- red SeptumSeptum wallwall PellucidumPellucidum transparenttransparent ForamenForamen holehole MagnumMagnum bigbig SinusSinus cavity (fluid/gas)cavity (fluid/gas) GyrusGyrus ridgeridge SulcusSulcus groovegroove Colli-Colli- hillhill TectumTectum roofroof PedunclePeduncle little footlittle foot UncusUncus hookhook HippocampusHippocampus seahorseseahorse

Nervous system

CNS

Brain

Rhombecephalon

Hindbrain

Myelencephalon

Pons Cerebellum

Mesencephalon

Midbrain

Tectum Tegmentum

Prosencephalon

Forebrain

Diencephalon

Thalamus

Telencephalon

Cortex +

subcortical n.

Spinal cord

PNS

Autonom ic

Visceral

Sympathetic Parasympathetic

Voluntary

Somatic

Motor

Efferent

Descending

Sensory

Afferent

Ascending

oblongataMedulla

Metencephalon

Spinal TractsSpinal Tracts

II-III substantia gelatinosa

IX , motoneurone pool

Lissauer's tract

central canal

faciculus gracilis

faciculus cuneatus

spinocerebellar tract

lateral corticospinal

rubrospinal tract

ventral corticospinal

spinothalamic tract

vestibulospinal tract

lateral reticulospinal tract

medial reticulospinal tract

tectospinal tract descending efferent

ascending afferent

uncrossed pathway

Spinal CircuitsSpinal Circuits

peripheral nerve

somatosensory

somatomotor

visceral sensory

sympathetic

dorsal root ganglion

sympathetic ganglion

white ramus communicans

grey ramus communicans

paravertebral ganglion

lateral horn cell