Neuroanatomy

At the end of this course the students should be able to: 1. describe the anatomy of the central and peripheral nervous systems; 2. gain an overview of the topography and structural organisation of the brain and spinal cord; 3. describe the basic features of development of the nervous system and to understand how and why common malformations occur in the nervous system; 4. explain the ultrastructure of neurons and glia and the major cytoarchitectural features of the brain and spinal cord; 5. describe the blood supply and venous drainage of the nervous system 6. identify the major features of the brain and spinal cord using prosected specimens, models and cross-sectional images; and 7. describe the structural and functional relationships between these structures and to apply this knowledge to further research and clinical studies.

Neuroembryology; introduction to the central nervous system; spinal cord morphology; spinal cord-tracts; lower medulla-pyramids; decussation, tubercles; upper medulla-olive, pons-basis pontis and middle cerebellar penduncle; pons tegmentum; midbrain-tectum; midbrain- tegmentum; cerebellum; diencephalon-thalamus; diencephalon-hyphothalamus; epithalamus, subthalamus; ascending pathways and descending pathways, ventricles; pyramidal system; cerebral hemispheres, sulci and gyri, internal structure of cerebrum, basal ganglia; cortex- cytoarchitectonics, brodman areas, limbic system blood supply to the brain and spinal sord. Applied Anatomy.