Snell's Clinical NeuroanatomyPublisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Snell’s Clinical Neuroanatomy, Eighth Edition, equips medical and health professions students with a complete, clinically oriented understanding of neuroanatomy. Organized classically by system, this revised edition reflects the latest clinical approaches to neuroanatomy structures and reinforces concepts with enhanced, illustrations, diagnostic images, and surface anatomy photographs. Each chapter begins with clear objectives and a clinical case for a practical introduction to key concepts. Throughout the text, Clinical Notes highlight important clinical considerations.Chapters end with bulleted key concepts, along with clinical problem solving cases and review questions that test students’ comprehension and ensure preparation for clinical application. |
Contents
Nervous System Development | |
Neurons and Neuroglia | |
Nerve Fibers and Peripheral Innervation | |
Spinal Cord and Ascending Descending and Intersegmental Tracts | |
Clinical Notes | |
Brainstem | |
Midbrain | |
Cranial Nerve Nuclei | |
Thalamus | |
Hypothalamus | |
Autonomic Nervous System | |
Meninges | |
Ventricular System and Cerebrospinal Fluid | |
Clinical Notes | |
Cerebellum and Its Connections | |
Cerebrum | |
Basal Nuclei Basal Ganglia | |
The Structure and Functional Localization of the Cerebral Cortex | |
Reticular Formation and Limbic System | |
Blood Supply of the Brain and Spinal Cord | |
Appendix Neuroanatomical Data of Clinical Significance and Clinical | |
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