Neuroanatomy E-Book: An Illustrated Colour Text

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Jun 16, 2014 - Medical - 204 pages
This is a short highly illustrated textbook of neuroanatomy that throughout makes clear the relevance of the anatomy to clinical neurology. It avoids overburdening the reader with topographical detail that is unnecessary for the medical student. Minimum assumptions are made of existing knowledge of the subject.
  • 'Key point' boxes for reinforcement and quick revision
  • Glossary of important terms
  • 'Clinical detail' boxes closely integrated with relevant neuroanatomy
  • Complete revision and updating of text.
  • Revision nad expansion of summary chapter, providing overview of entire subject.
  • Clinical material updated to reflect current prevalence of neurological disease.
  • Artwork entirely redrawn for improved clarity and closer integration with text.
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    Contents

    1 Introduction and overview
    1
    2 Cells of the nervous system
    32
    3 Peripheral nervous system
    36
    4 Autonomic nervous system
    46
    5 Coverings of the central nervous system
    50
    6 Ventricular system
    56
    7 Vasculature of the central nervous system
    61
    8 Spinal cord
    69
    12 Thalamus
    124
    13 Cerebral hemisphere and cerebral cortex
    131
    14 Basal ganglia
    146
    15 Visual system
    155
    16 Hypothalamus limbic system and olfactory system
    160
    17 Problemsolving
    171
    Glossary
    179
    Patient symptom index
    182

    9 Brainstem
    91
    10 Cranial nerves and cranial nerve nuclei
    102
    11 Cerebellum
    117

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