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Central Nervous System Anatomy. Lesson 6. Functional Anatomy: CNS. Major Divisions Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain Know structure name, location & general function Major fiber systems CNS vs PNS terminology nucleus vs. ganglion tracts vs. nerves ~. Telencephalon - Cortex.
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Central Nervous System Anatomy Lesson 6
Functional Anatomy: CNS • Major Divisions • Forebrain, Midbrain, Hindbrain • Know structure name, location & general function • Major fiber systems • CNS vs PNS terminology • nucleus vs. ganglion • tracts vs. nerves ~
Telencephalon - Cortex • Gray Matter • Somas and Dendrites (neuron cell bodies) • Organized in layers • some input, some output • Neocortex • 6 layers ~
Telencephalon - Fiber Systems • White Matter - myelinated axons • 3 types of fiber systems • Commissural • Association • Projection ~
Commissural Fibers • Interconnect homologous structures in the two hemispheres • Corpus Callosum • Anterior and Posterior • Hippocampal ~
Anterior Anterior
Forebrain Fibers Systems • Association Fibers • interconnect cortical areas within each hemisphere • Projection Fibers • all other *CNS fiber systems • Fornix • Corticospinal tract • Mammillothalamic tract • Naming convention ~
Hemispheres Left Right Association Commissural Projection
Subcortical: Limbic System • Emotion; Learning & Memory • Structures • Cingulate gyrus • Hippocampus • Amygdala • Thalamus • Hypothalamus • Mammilary bodies • Olfactory bulbs • Fornix ~
Limbic System Cingulate gyrus Hippocampus Fornix Thalamus Hypothalamus Amygdala
Striatum Lenticular Nucleus Subcortical: Basal Ganglia • Extrapyramidal Motor System • Caudate • Putamen • Globus Pallidus • Claustrum ~
Globus pallidus Putamen Caudate
Forebrain Subcortical Areas • Diencephalon • Surrounds 3rd ventricle • Thalamus • sensory and motor relay nuclei • Hypothalamus • motivation & emotion ~
Thalamus • Lateral Geniculate Nuclei • LGN • vision • Medial Geniculate Nuclei • MGN • audition • Ventroposterior Nuclei - VPL & VPM • Somatosensation ~
Hypothalamus • 4Fs • Feeding • Fighting • fleeing, and ... • mating • Controls the pituitary gland ~
Thalamus Hypothalamus Pituitary Stalk
Mesencephalon • Surrounds cerebral aqueduct • Tectum • Superior Colliculi - vision • Inferior Colliculi - audition • Tegmentum ~
Thalamus Superior Colliculi Inferior Colliculi Tectum Tegmentum
Tegmentum • Periaqueductal Gray • analgesia • Reticular Formation – • sleep and arousal • attention • Red Nucleus and Substantia Nigra • motor system • Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) • reinforcement ~
Reticular formation PAG Red Nucleus Substantia Nigra Cross-section of Tegmentum Dorsal Ventral Tegmental Area
Metencephalon • Surrounds fourth ventricle • Pons • Sleep and arousal • Reticular formation • Cerebellum • coordinates movements ~
Myelencephalon • Medulla • “Vital Centers” • Reticular formation • Pyramids ~
Thalamus Medulla