Clinical neuroanatomy

• Main Author: Snell, Richard S. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2010
• Edition: Seventh Edition
• Subjects: Nervous System > anatomy & histology
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Organized classically by system, this popular text gives medical and health professions students a complete, clinically oriented introduction to neuroanatomy. Each chapter begins with clear objectives, includes clinical cases, and ends with clinical notes, clinical problem-solving, and review questi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and organization of the nervous system
• The neurobiology of the neuron and the neuroglia
• Nerve fibers, peripheral nerves, receptor and effector endings, dermatomes, and muscle activity
• The spinal cord and the ascending and descending tracts
• The brainstem
• The cerebellum and its connections
• The cerebrum
• The structure and functional localization of the cerebral cortex
• The reticular formation and the limbic system
• The basal nuclei (basal ganglia) and their connections
• The cranial nerve nuclei and their central connections and distribution
• The thalamus and its connections
• The hypothalamus and its connections
• The autonomic nervous system
• The meninges of the brain and spinal cord
• The ventricular system, the cerebrospinal fluid, and the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers
• The blood supply of the brain and spinal cord
• The development of the nervous system.