Neuroanatomy lab1: Spinal cord
3) Artery
1) Spinal segments
- cervial spinal segment
- thoracic spinal segment
- lumbar spinal segment
- sacral spinal segment
- coccyx spinal segment
- cervical intumescence (C6-T2)
- lumbar intumescence (L4-S3)
2) Spinal roots
2.1 dorsal / ventral root
2.2 dorsal / ventral rootlet
2.3 dorsal root ganglion
2.4 spinal nerve
2.5 filum terminale
2.6 conus medullaris
2.7 cauda equina
3.1 ventral spinal artery
3.2 basilar artery
4) Meninges (brain & spinal)
4.1 dura mater
4.2 arachnoid mater
4.3 pia mater
- filum terminale
- denticulate ligament
5) Spinal Cord (cross section)
- Gray matter
- White matter
6.) Sulcus and fissure
- Dorsal median sulcus
- Ventral median fissure
- Dorsolateral sulcus
 Spinal cord
SKULL TAIL

cervical enlargement (C6-T2) lumbar enlargement (L4-S3)

 Caudal part of spinal cord

Dorsal rootlet
Filum terminale Dorsal root

Cauda equina
Conus medullaris

Filum terminale

Cauda equina
Conus medullaris
 Denticulate Dura mater
Dura mater
ligament

Conus medullaris
Dorsal rootlet

Cauda equina
 Conus medullaris

Cauda equina
 Basilar artery

Ventral spinal
artery
 Venrtral rootlet

Dura mater

Arachnoid mater

Denticulate ligament

Pia mater

Ventral root
Ventral rootlet
Spinal nerve
White pin: Dorsal root ganglion
Red pin: Spinal nerve
Yellow arrow: Dorsal root
Green arrow: Ventral root
Neuroanatomy lab2: Telencephalon

1 Brain surface 4. Parasagittal plane

1. frontal lobe 22. corona radiata
2. occipital lobe 23. internal capsule
3. temporal lobe
4. parietal lobe 5. Horizontal plane
5. olfactory lobe 25. corona radiata
6. cerebral hemisphere 26. internal capsule
7. cruciate sulcus 28. corpus callosum
8. coronal sulcus 29. caudate nucleus
9. longitudinal fissure => falx cerebri 30. hippocampus
10.transverse fissure => tentorium cerebelli 31. parahippocampal gyrus
32. fimbria, fornix
2. Mid sagittal plane
12. cingulate gyrus
13. interthalamic adhesion/thalamus 6. Coronal plane (transverse section)
14. rostral commissure 33. corona radiata
15. olfactory bulb 34. internal capsule
16. septum pellucidum and lateral ventricle 35. hippocampus & parahippocampal gyrus
17. corpus callosum 36. fimbria, fornix
18. Fornix 38. corpus callosum
39. lateral ventricle
40. rostral commissure
3. Ventral view
41. cerebral cortex
19. olfactory bulb
20. olfactory peduncle
21. olfactory tract (medial and lateral)
22. piriform lobe
 Anatomical plane
longitudinal fissure

cerebral hemisphere cerebral cortex Corpus callosum

(gray matter)

occipital lobe
sulcus cerebrum
Corpus callosum
gyrus
(white matter)
Caudate nucleus cerebellum
(gray matter) frontal lobe

Rostral commissure

Transverse / Coronal plane Sagittal plane Horizontal/dorsal plane

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Olfactory tract
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Pons V

Medulla
Olfactory oblongata
peduncle

Olfactory bulb
Spinal cord
 Mid sagittal view of canine brain

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1 = Cingulate gyrus 4 = Septum pellucidum 7 = Fornix 10 = Pons 13 = Medulla oblongata

2 = Corpus callosum 5 = Interthalamic adhesion 8 = Tectum 11 = Cerebellum 14 = Spinal cord
3 = Rostral commissure 6 = Hypothalamus 9 = Tecmentum 12 = Optic chiasm 8+9+13+10 = Brainstem
 Canine brain (coronal section)
At the level of optic chiasm At the level of rostral thalamus At the level of interthalamic adhesion At the level of geniculate nuclei

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1 = Cingulate gyrus 10 = Lateral geniculate nucleus * = Lateral ventricle

2 = Corpus callosum 11 = Medial geniculate nucleus ** = 3rd ventricle
3 = Longitudinal fissure 12 = Hypothalamus *** = Mesencephalic aqueduct
4 = Caudate nucleus 13 = Cerebral cortex --- = Corona radiata
5 = Internal capsule 14 = Optic chiasm >> = Choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle
6 = Thalamus 15 = Rostral commissure Yellow arrow= body of fornix
8 = Hippocampus 16 = Crus cerebrum or cerebral peduncle White star = crus of fornix
9 = Commissure of hippocampus 17 = Lentiform nuclei Black arrow = caudate nucleus
 Canine brain (dorsal plane at subcortical level)

1 = Corpus callosum
2 = Caudate nucleus
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5 = Hippocampus
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6 = Parahippocampal gyrus
RC 5 * = Lateral ventricle
CdC 6 ** = 3rd ventricle

Cerebellum
 Canine brain (horizontal section)

1 = Hippocampus
2 = Fimbria
3 = Alveus
4 = Internal capsule
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6 5 6 = Corpus callosum
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 Hippocampus
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1 = Right cerebral hemisphere

2 = Hippopcampus
3 = Fimbria
4 = Internal capsule
5 = Genu of corpus callosum
* = Fornix
 Meninges
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Tentorium cerebelli