Pixelated Brain: Neuroanatomy for Medical Students

PIXBRAIN HOME _ _ MOD 5 HOME _ _ I WANT TO

key - 2 - 1 - caudal - SLIDE 24 - rostral - 1 - 2 - key

Corticobulbar fibers continue to leave; those long yellow arrows are meant to show the general course the fibers take. Some will stay on the ipsilateral side of the brainstem and others will cross the midline to descend on the contralateral side. The corticospinal tract occupies the middle part of the cerebral peduncle. While the plane of the slide is oblique, the ventral part of it passes through the midbrain. Click on "key" to look at the next (rostral or caudal) slide. Click on the red ball to return to the text, by way of the call-up view)

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT in the CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE
UNLABELED ATLAS - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 DORSAL COL - MED LEM ALL SENSORY MOTOR - 2 - 3 - 4 CEREBELLUM - 1 - 3 CRANIAL NERVES VISION - 1 - 2 AUDITORY LIMBIC & HYPOTHALAMUS THALAMUS


			PIXBRAIN HOME _ _ MOD 5 HOME _ _ I WANT TO key - 2 - 1 - caudal - SLIDE 24 - rostral - 1 - 2 - key Corticobulbar fibers continue to leave; those long yellow arrows are meant to show the general course the fibers take. Some will stay on the ipsilateral side of the brainstem and others will cross the midline to descend on the contralateral side. The corticospinal tract occupies the middle part of the cerebral peduncle. While the plane of the slide is oblique, the ventral part of it passes through the midbrain. Click on "key" to look at the next (rostral or caudal) slide. Click on the red ball to return to the text, by way of the call-up view)