Main description:

Master complex neuroanatomy concepts easily with The Human Brain in Photographs and Diagrams! Respected educator John Nolte, PhD combines highly accessible coverage of the brain, spinal cord, and brainstem with carefully chosen visuals to help you consolidate your understanding of the information you need to know for your courses, exams, clerkships, and clinical practice.

Contents:

1. External Anatomy of the Brain

Introduction

Lateral and Superior Surfaces

Inferior Surface

Medial and Inferior Surfaces

Brainstem


2. Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of T10 and C8


3. Transverse Sections of the Brainstem

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels


4. Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions


5. Coronal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels


6. Horizontal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels


7. Sagittal Sections

Introduction

Guided Tour

Enlargements of Selected Levels


8. Functional Systems

Detailed Contents

Long tracts of the Spinal Cord and Brainstem

Sensory Systems of the Brainstem and Forebrain

Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei

Visceral Afferents and Efferents

Basal Ganglia

Cerebellum

Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex

Limbic System

Chemically Coded Neuronal Systems


9. Clinical Imaging

Introduction

X-ray computed tomography (CT)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Angiography


Glossary


Index