CNS

Overview

 Overview of the Nervous system

 Functions of the Nervous system
 Neuroanatomy (including)
 Functional Areas of the brain
 Cerebro Spinal Fluid
 Cranial nerves
 Cerebral Circulation
Telencephalon - Cortex
 Gray Matter
 Somas and Dendrites
 Neocortex - 6 layers
 Sensory input ---> layer IV
 Motor output ---> layer V
 Paleocortex - 2 or 3 layers ~
Telencephalon - Fiber Systems
 White Matter - myelinated axons
 3 types of fiber systems
 Commissural
 Association
 Projection ~
Commissural Fibers
 Interconnect homologous structures in the
two hemispheres
 Corpus Callosum
 Anterior and Posterior
 Hippocampal ~
Anterior
Anterior
 Association & Projection Fibers
 Association Fibers
 interconnect cortical areas within each hemisphere
 Projection Fibers
 all other fiber systems
 Fornix
 Corticospinal tract
 Mammillothalamic tract
 Naming convention ~
 Hemispheres
Left Right

Association

Commissural
Projection
The Limbic System
 Emotion
 Learning & Memory
 Structures
 Thalamus
 Hypothalamus
 Hippocampus
 Cingulate gyrus
 Amygdala
 Fornix ~
Limbic System Cingulate gyrus
Hippocampus

Fornix

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Amygdala
 Basal Ganglia
 Extrapyramidal Motor System
 Caudate
 Putamen Striatum
 Globus Pallidus
Lenticular
Nucleus
 Claustrum
 Amygdala
no motor function ~
 Caudate
Globus
pallidus

Putamen
Amygdala
Claustrum
Diencephalon
 Surrounds third ventricle
 Thalamus
 sensory and motor relay nuclei
 Hypothalamus
 motivation & emotion ~
 Thalamus
 Lateral Geniculate Nuclei - LGN
 vision
 Medial Geniculate Nuclei - MGN
 audition
 Ventroposterior Nuclei - VPL & VPM
 somatosensation
 Massa Intermedia - crosses midline ~
Hypothalamus
 Control of behaviors critical to survival
 Feeding
 Fighting
 Fleeing
 Mating
 Controls the pituitary gland ~
Thalamus
Diencephalon: thalamus

Massa
Intermedia

MGN
LGN
Diencephalon

Hypothalamus
Pituitary Stalk