ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

ANTOMY OF THE BRAIN

 THE STRUCTURE AND ITS FUNCTION

POSTERIOR

 CHROID PLEXUS OF LATERAL VENTRICLE. Supplied by the anterior choroidal arteries

(branch of internal carotid artery) and the lateral posterior choroidal arteries (branch of
the posterior cerebral artery).
 CHROID PLEXUS OF THIRD VENTRICLE. The lateral ventricles are connected to the third
ventricle by a twin opening called the interventricular foramen (or foramen of Monro).
At the junction of the anterior horn and the inferior portion of the body of the lateral
ventricles, the choroid plexus continues along the interventricular foramen on both
sides.
 CEREBRUM. The uppermost part of the brain. It contains two hemispheres split by a
central fissure. The cerebrum itself contains the major lobes of the brain and is
responsible for receiving and giving meaning to information from the sense organs, as
well as controlling the body.
 THALAMUS. A mostly gray matter structure of the diencephalon that has many essential
roles in human physiology. The thalamus is composed of different nuclei that each serve
a unique role, ranging from relaying sensory and motor signals, as well as regulation of
consciousness and alertness
 POSTERIOR COMMISURE. The inferior lamina or stalk of the pineal gland and is
important in language processing and connects the language processing centres of both
cerebral hemispheres. It is closely related in function to the splenium of the corpus
callosum, and injury to it may lead to disorders such as alexia.
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