Chapter Review of Anatomy of the Nervous System

Topics

• abducens nerve
• alar plate
• amygdala
• anterior column
• anterior horn
• anterior median fissure
• anterior spinal artery
• arachnoid granulation
• arachnoid mater
• arachnoid trabeculae
• ascending tract
• axillary nerve
• basal forebrain
• basal nuclei
• basal plate
• basilar artery
• brachial plexus
• brain stem
• Broca’s area
• Brodmann’s areas
• carotid canal
• cauda equine
• caudate
• central canal
• central sulcus
• cephalic flexure
• cerebellum
• cerebral aqueduct
• cerebral cortex
• cerebral hemisphere
• cerebrum
• cervical plexus
• choroid plexus
• circle of Willis
• common carotid artery
• corpus callosum
• cranial nerve
• cranial nerve ganglion
• descending tract
• diencephalon
• direct pathway
• disinhibition
• dorsal
• posterior nerve root
• posterior root ganglion
• dura mater
• dural sinus
• endoneurium
• enteric nervous system
• enteric plexus
• epineurium
• epithalamus
• esophageal plexus
• extraocular muscles
• facial nerve
• fascicle
• femoral nerve
• fibular nerve
• foramen magnum
• forebrain
• fourth ventricle
• frontal eye field
• frontal lobe
• gastric plexuses
• globus pallidus
• glossopharyngeal nerve
• gyrus
• hindbrain
• hippocampus
• hypoglossal nerve
• hypothalamus
• indirect pathway
• inferior colliculus
• inferior olive
• intercostal nerve
• internal carotid artery
• interventricular foramina
• jugular veins
• kinesthesia
• lateral apertures
• lateral column
• lateral horn
• lateral sulcus
• lateral ventricles
• limbic cortex
• limbic system
• longitudinal fissure
• lumbar plexus
• lumbar puncture
• median aperture
• median nerve
• meninges
• mesencephalon
• metencephalon
• midbrain
• myelencephalon
• nerve plexus
• neural crest
• neural fold
• neural groove
• neural plate
• neural tube
• neuraxis
• occipital lobe
• occipital sinuses
• oculomotor nerve
• olfaction
• olfactory nerve
• optic nerve
• orthostatic reflex
• paravertebral ganglia
• parietal lobe
• parieto-occipital sulcus
• perineurium
• phrenic nerve
• pia mater
• plexus
• postcentral gyrus
• posterior columns
• posterior horn
• posterior median sulcus
• posterolateral sulcus
• precentral gyrus
• prefrontal lobe
• premotor area
• prevertebral ganglia
• primary vesicle
• proprioception
• prosencephalon
• putamen
• radial nerve
• reticular formation
• rhombencephalon
• sacral plexus
• saphenous nerve
• sciatic nerve
• sciatica
• secondary vesicle
• sigmoid sinuses
• somatosensation
• spinal accessory nerve
• spinal nerve
• straight sinus
• striatum
• subarachnoid space
• subcortical nucleus
• substantia nigra pars compacta
• substantia nigra pars reticulata
• subthalamus
• sulcus
• superior colliculus
• superior sagittal sinus
• sympathetic chain ganglia
• systemic nerve
• tectum
• tegmentum
• telencephalon
• temporal lobe
• terminal ganglion
• thalamus
• third ventricle
• tibial nerve
• transverse sinuses
• trigeminal ganglion
• trigeminal nerve
• trochlear nerve
• ulnar nerve
• vagus nerve
• ventral
• anterior nerve root
• ventricles
• vertebral arteries
• vestibulocochlear nerve