Clinical neuroanatomy / Richard S. Snell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010.Edition: 7th edDescription: xviii, 542 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780781794275
- 0781794277
- 616.8 22
- QM451 .S64 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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