Preface

Part One ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

The Nervous System

Organization of the Nervous System

The Central Nervous System

The Peripheral Nervous System

Functional Components of Peripheral Nerves

Part Two FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY OF THE MAJOR SENSORY AND MOTOR PATHWAYS

Introduction

Architecture of the Spinal Cord Gray Matter

Cytorachitectonic Map of the Cerebral Cortex

General Somatic Afferent Pathways

General Somatic Afferents From The Body

Pain, Temperature, and Light (Crude) Touch

Discriminative (Fine) Touch and Pressure (Two-Point Tactile Discrimination, Tactile Localization, Graphesthesia), Conscious Proprioception (Joint Position Sense, Kinesthesis), Vibratory Sense, and Stereognosis

General Somatic Afferents From The Face

Pain, Temperature, and Light (Crude) Touch

Discriminative (Fine) Touch and Pressure

Conscious and Unconscious Proprioception

Special Visceral Afferent Pathways

Taste

Smell

Special Somatic Afferent Pathways

Vision

Visual (Parasympathetic) Reflexes

Hearing

Equilibrium

Motor Pathways

Eye Movements

The Saccadic System (Rapid Eye Movements, Voluntary Eye Movements)

The Smooth Pursuit System (Following, or Tracking, Eye Movements)

The Pyramidal System

Corticonuclear (Corticobulbar) Tract

Corticospinal Tract

Cerebellar Connections

Vestibular (Archicerebellar) Connections

Spinal (Paleocerebellar) Connections

Cortical (Neocerebellar) Connections

Olivocerebellar Connections

Connections of The Basal Nuclei

Striatal (Caudate Nucleus and Putamen) Connections

Pallidal (Globus Pallidus) Connections

Part Three BLOOD VESSELS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD

Blood Vessels of the Brain

Arterial Supply to the Brain

Internal Carotid Artery (the ``Anterior Circulation'')

Vertebral Artery (the ``Posterior Circulation'')

The Cerebral Arterial Circle

Arterial Supply to the Internal Structures of the Brain (the Central Branches)

Venous Return from the Brain

Venous Sinuses of the Dura Mater

Superficial Cerebral Veins

Deep Cerebral Veins

Blood Vessels of the Spinal Cord

Arterial Supply to the Spinal Cord

Venous Return from the Spinal Cord

Part Four ATLAS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD

Surface Views of the Brain

Angled Horizontal Sections of the Brain (with Ct and Mri Scan Correlation)

Coronal Sections of the Cerebrum and Diencephalon (with Mri Scan Correlation)

Transverse Sections of the Brain Stem (with Mri Scan Correlation)

Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord

Transverse Sections of the Brain Stem

Selected References

Index