Table of contents : Front Cover Inside Front Cover Netter's Concise Neuroanatomy Updated Edition Copyright Page Dedication From the Authors About the Authors Frank H. Netter, MD From the Publisher Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Bony Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Cord SKULL: ANTERIOR VIEW ORBIT: ANTERIOR VIEW SKULL: LATERAL VIEW SKULL: LATERAL RADIOGRAPH SKULL: MIDSAGITTAL VIEW CALVARIUM BASE OF SKULL: FROM BELOW BASE OF SKULL: FROM ABOVE BONY FRAMEWORK OF HEAD AND NECK SURFACE ANATOMY BACK VERTEBRAL COLUMN CERVICAL VERTEBRAE: ATLAS AND AXIS CERVICAL VERTEBRAE EXTERNAL CRANIOCERVICAL LIGAMENTS INTERNAL CRANIOCERVICAL LIGAMENTS THORACIC VERTEBRAE LUMBAR VERTEBRAE VERTEBRAL LIGAMENTS OF SPINAL COLUMN SACRUM AND COCCYX CHAPTER 2 Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Spinal Cord LATERAL SURFACE OF THE BRAIN INSULA MEDIAL SURFACE OF THE BRAIN INFERIOR SURFACE OF THE BRAIN BRAINSTEM: MEDIAL VIEW BRAINSTEM: ANTERIOR AND VENTRAL VIEWS BRAINSTEM: POSTEROLATERAL VIEW CEREBELLUM: SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR SURFACES SPINAL CORD IN SITU SPINAL CORD: ANTERIOR VIEW SECTION THROUGH SPINAL CORD AT VARIOUS LEVELS PRINCIPAL TRACTS OF THE SPINAL CORD CHAPTER 3 Blood Vessels of the Brain and Spinal Cord BRANCHES OF THE AORTA ARTERIAL SUPPLY TO BRAIN AND MENINGES MENINGEAL ARTERIES THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS ARTERIES OF THE BRAIN: BASAL VIEW ARTERIES OF THE BRAIN: FRONTAL VIEW ARTERIES OF THE BRAIN: CORONAL SECTION ARTERIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRAIN: LATERAL VIEW ARTERIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRAIN: MEDIAL VIEW ARTERIAL DISTRIBUTION BY COLOR VERTEBROBASILAR SYSTEM VENOUS SINUSES SUPERFICIAL VEINS DEEP AND SUBEPENDYMAL VEINS DEEP VEINS VEINS OF THE POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE SPINAL CORD DISTRIBUTION OF ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL ARTERIES RADICULAR ARTERIES VEINS OF SPINAL CORD AND VERTEBRAE CHAPTER 4 Cerebrospinal Fluid and Coverings of the Brain MENINGES VENTRICULAR SYSTEM THE FOURTH VENTRICLE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION CHAPTER 5 Medulla Oblongata GROSS BRAINSTEM: MIDSAGITTAL VIEW GROSS BRAINSTEM: ANTERIOR VIEW GROSS BRAINSTEM: POSTEROLATERAL VIEW CRANIAL NERVES AND NUCLEI OF MEDULLA MEDULLA: SPINAL CORD TRANSITION MEDULLA: DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEI LEVEL MEDULLA: OBEX LEVEL MEDULLA: INFERIOR OLIVE LEVEL TRIGEMINAL SYSTEM: LONGITUDINAL BRAINSTEM VIEW MEDULLA: VESTIBULAR NUCLEI LEVEL INTRACRANIAL OCCLUSION OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY MEDULLA: BRAINSTEM RETICULAR FORMATION MEDULLA-PONTINE JUNCTION: COCHLEAR NUCLEI LEVEL LOWER MOTOR NEURON ORGANIZATION IN MEDULLA CHAPTER 6 Pons GROSS BRAINSTEM: MIDSAGITTAL VIEW GROSS BRAINSTEM: ANTERIOR VIEW GROSS BRAINSTEM: POSTEROLATERAL VIEW CRANIAL NERVES OF PONS LEVEL OF THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS LEVEL OF THE FACIAL NUCLEUS CENTRAL CONTROL OF EYE MOVEMENTS NYSTAGMUS LEVEL OF FACIAL GENU LEVEL OF THE TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI PARABRACHIAL NUCLEI: CONTROL OF RESPIRATION PONS-MIDBRAIN JUNCTION: CN-IV RAPHE NUCLEI ROSTRAL PONS CHAPTER 7 Midbrain (Mesencephalon) MIDBRAIN IN SITU GROSS BRAINSTEM: MIDSAGITTAL VIEW GROSS BRAINSTEM: ANTERIOR VIEW CRANIAL NERVES OF MIDBRAIN LOWER MIDBRAIN UPPER MIDBRAIN CORONAL SECTION THROUGH SUBSTANTIA NIGRA CHAPTER 8 Thalamus THALAMUS IN SITU THALAMIC NUCLEI THALAMUS IN HORIZONTAL SECTION THALAMUS IN CORONAL SECTION CHAPTER 9 Basal Ganglia BASAL GANGLIA: OVERVIEW AXIAL VIEW OF THE BRAIN AT THE LEVEL OF THE BASAL GANGLIA AXIAL VIEW OF BRAIN AT THE LEVEL OF THE BASAL GANGLIA CORONAL VIEW OF THE BRAIN AT THE LEVEL OF THE HEAD OF THE CAUDATE CORONAL VIEW OF THE BRAIN AT THE LEVEL OF THE ANTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE AXIAL VIEW OF THE BRAIN THROUGH THE MIDBRAIN CONNECTIONS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA CHAPTER 10 Cerebellum OVERVIEW OF THE CEREBELLUM CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLES CEREBELLAR ANATOMY INTERIOR OF CEREBELLUM CEREBELLAR CORTEX TYPES FUNCTIONAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CEREBELLUM CEREBELLAR INPUT CEREBELLAR OUTPUT CHAPTER 11 Cerebral Cortex LAYERS OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX CORTICAL NEURONAL CELL TYPES SENSORY CORTEX VERTICAL COLUMNS NEURONAL ORIGINS OF EFFERENT CORTICAL CONNECTIONS COMMISSURAL AND OTHER ASSOCIATION FIBER SYSTEMS MAJOR CORTICAL ASSOCIATION BUNDLES HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION ENTORHINAL CORTEX OLFACTORY CORTEX CHAPTER 12 Hypothalamus ANATOMY OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS THE HYPOTHALAMUS IN RELATION TO OTHER MEDIAL STRUCTURES HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEI PREOPTIC AND ANTERIOR (SUPRAOPTIC) ZONE NUCLEI TUBERAL ZONE NUCLEI POSTERIOR (MAMILLARY) ZONE NUCLEI HYPOTHALAMIC PATHWAYS SUMMARY OF HYPOTHALAMIC INPUT AND OUTPUT POSTERIOR PITUITARY ANTERIOR PITUITARY CHAPTER 13 Limbic System GENERAL FEATURES OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM MAJOR LIMBIC FOREBRAIN STRUCTURES HIPPOCAMPUS MAJOR HIPPOCAMPAL INPUTS AND OUTPUTS AMYGDALA CINGULATE CORTEX CHAPTER 14 Cranial Nerves I-XII CRANIAL NERVES: OVERVIEW OLFACTORY NERVE (CN-I) OPTIC NERVE (CN-II) OPTIC TRACT (CN-II) OCULOMOTOR NERVE (CN-III) OCULOMOTOR NERVE (CN-III): PARASYMPATHETIC COMPONENT TROCHLEAR NERVE (CN-IV) TRIGEMINAL NERVE (CN-V) TRIGEMINAL NERVE NUCLEI TRIGEMINAL NERVE MOTOR AND SENSORY BRANCHES TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA (TIC DOULOUREUX) ABDUCENS NERVE (CN-VI) CONTROL OF EYE MOVEMENTS FACIAL NERVE (CN-VII) FACIAL NERVE CRANIAL NERVE VII FACIAL NERVE SENSORY VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE (CN-VIII): AUDITORY COMPONENT VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE (CN-VIII): VESTIBULAR CAUSES OF VERTIGO GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE (CN-IX) GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE (CN-IX): VISCERAL MOTOR GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE (CN-IX): VISCERAL SENSORY GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE (CN-IX): GENERAL SENSORY VAGUS NERVE (CN-X) ACCESSORY NERVE (CN-XI) HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE (CN-XII) CHAPTER 15 Major Sensory and Motor Pathways SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS SPINAL CORD CYTOARCHITECTURE SPINAL CORD LEVELS: CERVICAL SPINAL CORD LEVELS: THORACIC SPINAL CORD LEVELS: LUMBAR SPINAL CORD LEVELS: SACRAL CORTICAL EFFERENT PATHWAYS CORTICOBULBAR PATHWAYS CORTICOSPINAL TRACT RUBROSPINAL TRACT VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT RETICULOSPINAL AND CORTICORETICULAR PATHS TECTOSPINAL TRACT AND MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS (MLF) ASCENDING SPINAL CORD PATHWAYS POSTERIOR WHITE COLUMNS SPINOTHALAMIC AND SPINORETICULAR TRACT SPINOCEREBELLAR PATHWAYS SPINOCEREBELLAR SYNAPTIC PATHWAY RAPHE NUCLEI AND SEROTONERGIC PATHWAYS LOCUS CERULEUS (NORADRENERGIC PATHWAYS) CHAPTER 16 Reticular Formation RETICULAR FORMATION: OVERVIEW OVERVIEW RETICULAR NUCLEI MAJOR AFFERENT AND EFFERENT CONNECTIONS OF THE RETICULAR FORMATION SLEEP WAKE CONTROL NORADRENERGIC PATHWAYS SEROTONERGIC PATHWAYS CENTRAL CHOLINERGIC PATHWAYS CHAPTER 17 Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System: Upper Extremity CERVICAL ROOT ANATOMY CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION SYNDROME CERVICAL PLEXUS BRACHIAL PLEXUS COMPONENTS BRACHIAL PLEXUS BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY THORACIC OUTLET NERVES OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS MEDIAN NERVE (TO WRIST) MEDIAN NERVE (HAND) ULNAR NERVE (TO WRIST) ULNAR NERVE: HAND RADIAL NERVE POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE SUPERFICIAL RADIAL NERVE MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF FOREARM CHAPTER 18 Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System: Lower Extremity LUMBAR AND SACRAL ROOT ANATOMY LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY (DERMATOMES AND SEGMENTAL INNERVATION) LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS IN SITU LUMBAR PLEXUS SACRAL PLEXUS OBTURATOR NERVE FEMORAL NERVE LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THE THIGH SCIATIC NERVE COMMON PERONEAL NERVE TIBIAL NERVE PLANTAR NERVES AND FOOT SENSORY CHAPTER 19 Autonomic Nervous System AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM SCHEMA PARASYMPATHETIC AUTONOMIC CRANIAL NUCLEI: OVERVIEW AUTONOMIC DISTRIBUTION TO THE EYE PTERYGOPALATINE AND SUBMANDIBULAR GANGLIA PAROTID GLAND INNERVATION DORSAL MOTOR NUCLEUS OF CN-X PARASYMPATHETIC AUTONOMIC SACRAL NUCLEI SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION OF THORACO-ABDOMINAL-PELVIC VISCERA ABDOMINAL SYMPATHETIC AUTONOMIC NERVES AND GANGLIA AUTONOMIC NERVES IN HEAD AND NECK SCHEMATIC OF AUTONOMIC NERVES IN HEAD AND NECK AUTONOMIC INNERVATION OF LIMBS AUTONOMIC INNERVATION OF STOMACH AUTONOMIC INNERVATION OF INTESTINES AUTONOMIC INNERVATION OF URINARY BLADDER AUTONOMIC INNERVATION OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AUTONOMIC INNERVATION OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS Index