gross anatomy of the nervous system. rostral toward the nose caudal toward the tail dorsal toward...
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GrossAnatomy of the
Nervous System
Rostraltoward the nose
Caudaltoward the tail
Dorsaltoward the back
Ventraltoward the belly
Medialtoward the midline
Lateralaway from the midline
Proximalnear a point of reference
Distaldistant from a point of reference
Directional Terms
Afferentprojecting toward
Efferentprojecting away from
Ipsilateralon the same side
Contralateralon the opposite side
Directional Terms
Planes of SectionCoronal or frontal
perpendicular to the neuraxisperpendicular to groundapply only to brain
Sagittalparallel to neuraxisperpendicular to groundmidsagittal = axis of symmetry
Horizontalparallel to groundparallel to neuraxisapplies only to brain
Transverseperpendicular to neuraxisapplies to brain and spinal cord
Obliqueany section not in a standard plane
CNS = brain and spinal cordPNS = ganglia and nerves outside of CNS
(7)
(12)
(5)
(5)
(2)
(intermediate gray)
C1-C8
T1-T12
S1-S5
L1-L5
Coxxygial
A. Cervical spinal cordB. Thoracic spinal cordC. Lumbar spinal cordD. Lumbo-sacral spinal cord
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)Sympathetic division (arousal)Parasympathetic division (maintenance)
Prosencephalon = diencephalon + telencephalonMesencephalon = tegmentum + tectumRhombencephalon =
metencephalon (pons, + cerebellum)+ myelencephalon (medulla)
SYSTEM NERVORUM CENTRALE (Central nervous system)
I. ENCEPHALON (brain) A. PROSENCEPHALON (forebrain) 1. TELENCEPHALON (endbrain; limbic system, basal ganglia & cerebral cortex) 2. DIENCEPHALON (between-brain, or interbrain; hypothalamus & thalamus) B. MESENCEPHALON (midbrain; tectum & tegmentum) C. RHOMBENCEPHALON (hindbrain) 1. METENCEPHALON (pons & cerebellum) 2. MYELENCEPHALON (medulla oblongata) II. MEDULLA SPINALIS (spinal cord) Notes: "BRAINSTEM" is an imprecisely defined term which usually refers to the rhombencephalon and mesencephalon together. It may or may not include the cerebellum, and sometimes the diencephalon is included. "CEREBRUM" or "CEREBRAL HEMISHPHERES" refer to the telencephalon.