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Neuroanatomy : Speech-Language-Hearing

by: James Fix

Neuroanatomy : Speech-Language-Hearing

by: James Fix

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9780683032482
ISBN 10:
0683032488
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/01/1995
Publisher: Lppncott W & W
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Now in its Third Edition, this book extracts the most important information on neuroanatomy and presents it in a concise, uncluttered fashion to prepare students for the USMLE. High-Yield means exactly that!

Cross-Sectional Anatomy of the Brain	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Midsagittal section	p. 1
Coronal section through the optic chiasm	p. 3
Coronal section through the mamillary bodies	p. 4
Axial image through the thalamus and internal capsule	p. 5
Axial image through the midbrain, mamillary bodies, and optic tract	p. 6
Meninges, Ventricles, and Cerebrospinal Fluid	p. 8
Meninges	p. 8
Ventricular system	p. 10
Cerebrospinal fluid	p. 11
Herniation	p. 11
Blood Supply	p. 15
The spinal cord and lower brain stem	p. 15
The internal carotid system	p. 16
The vertebrobasilar system	p. 17
The blood supply of the internal capsule	p. 18
Veins of the brain	p. 18
Venous dural sinuses	p. 18
Angiography	p. 18
The middle meningeal artery	p. 19
Development of the Nervous System	p. 24
The neural tube	p. 24
The neural crest	p. 25
The anterior neuropore	p. 26
The posterior neuropore	p. 26
Microglia	p. 26
Myelination	p. 27
Positional changes of the spinal cord	p. 27
The optic nerve and chiasma	p. 27
The hypophysis	p. 27
Congenital malformations of the CNS	p. 27
Neurohistology	p. 30
Neurons	p. 30
Nissl substance	p. 31
Axonal transport	p. 31
Wallerian degeneration	p. 31
Chromatolysis	p. 31
Regeneration of nerve cells	p. 31
Glial cells	p. 31
The blood-brain barrier	p. 32
The blood-CSF barrier	p. 32
Pigments and inclusions	p. 32
The classification of nerve fibers	p. 32
Tumors of the CNS and PNS	p. 33
Cutaneous receptors	p. 33
Spinal Cord	p. 36
Gray and white communicating rami	p. 36
Termination of the conus medullaris	p. 36
Location of the major motor and sensory nuclei of the spinal cord	p. 37
The cauda equina	p. 37
The myotatic reflex	p. 37
Tracts of the Spinal Cord	p. 38
Introduction	p. 38
Dorsal column--medial lemniscus pathway	p. 38
Lateral spinothalamic tract	p. 40
Lateral corticospinal tract	p. 40
Hypothalamospinal tract	p. 44
Lesions of the Spinal Cord	p. 45
Diseases of the motor neurons and corticospinal tracts	p. 45
Sensory pathway lesions	p. 47
Combined motor and sensory lesions	p. 47
Peripheral nervous system (PNS) lesions	p. 48
Intervertebral disk herniation	p. 48
Brain Stem	p. 49
Overview	p. 49
Cross-section through the medulla	p. 49
Cross-section through the pons	p. 51
Cross-section through the rostral midbrain	p. 52
Corticobulbar fibers	p. 52
Trigeminal System	p. 53
Overview	p. 53
The trigeminal ganglion	p. 53
Trigeminothalamic pathways	p. 53
Trigeminal reflexes	p. 55
The cavernous sinus	p. 57
Auditory System	p. 58
Overview	p. 58
The auditory pathway	p. 58
Hearing defects	p. 58
Auditory tests	p. 59
Vestibular System	p. 61
Overview	p. 61
The labyrinth	p. 61
The vestibular pathways	p. 62
Vestibulo-ocular reflexes	p. 63
Cranial Nerves	p. 65
The olfactory nerve	p. 65
The optic nerve	p. 66
The oculomotor nerve (CN III)	p. 66
The trochlear nerve (CN IV)	p. 67
The trigeminal nerve (CN V)	p. 67
The abducent nerve (CN VI)	p. 68
The facial nerve (CN VII)	p. 69
The vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)	p. 71
The glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)	p. 72
The vagal nerve (CN X)	p. 74
The accessory nerve (CN XI)	p. 75
The hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)	p. 77
Lesions of the Brain Stem	p. 78
Lesions of the medulla	p. 78
Lesions of the pons	p. 79
Lesions of the midbrain	p. 80
Acoustic neuroma (schwannoma)	p. 81
Jugular foramen syndrome	p. 82
"Locked-in" syndrome	p. 83
Central pontine myelinolysis	p. 84
"Top of the basilar" syndrome	p. 84
Subclavian steal syndrome	p. 84
The cerebellopontine angle	p. 84
Cerebellum	p. 85
Function	p. 85
Anatomy	p. 85
The major cerebellar pathway	p. 86
Cerebellar dysfunction	p. 87
Cerebellar syndromes and tumors	p. 87
Thalamus	p. 88
Introduction	p. 88
Major thalamic nuclei and their connections	p. 88
Blood supply	p. 90
The internal capsule	p. 90
Visual System	p. 91
Introduction	p. 91
The visual pathway	p. 91
The pupillary light reflex pathway	p. 93
The pupillary dilation pathway	p. 93
The near reflex and accommodation pathway	p. 94
Cortical and subcortical centers for ocular motility	p. 94
Clinical correlation	p. 96
Autonomic Nervous System	p. 98
Introduction	p. 98
Cranial nerves with parasympathetic components	p. 98
Communicating rami	p. 98
Neurotransmitters	p. 98
Clinical correlation	p. 101
Hypothalamus	p. 103
Introduction	p. 103
Functions	p. 105
Clinical correlation	p. 106
Limbic System	p. 107
Introduction	p. 107
Major components and connections	p. 107
The Papez circuit	p. 108
Clinical correlation	p. 109
Basal Ganglia and Striatal Motor System	p. 111
Basal ganglia	p. 111
The striatal (extrapyramidal) motor system	p. 112
Clinical correlation	p. 113
Neurotransmitters	p. 115
Important transmitters and their pathways	p. 115
Functional and clinical considerations	p. 120
Cerebral Cortex	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
The six-layered neocortex	p. 121
Functional areas	p. 121
Focal destructive hemispheric lesions and symptoms	p. 127
Cerebral dominance	p. 127
Split-brain syndrome	p. 128
Other lesions of the corpus callosum	p. 128
Brain and spinal cord tumors	p. 128
Apraxia, Aphasia, and Dysprosody	p. 129
Apraxia	p. 129
Aphasia	p. 129
Dysprosody	p. 131
Appendix	p. 133
Index	p. 137
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