Review Material for Neurology Clerkship Students

 

Neuroanatomy Review

 

THE NEUROAXIS

  • Central nervous system
    • Cortex
    • Subcortical white matter
      • Corpus callosum
      • Internal capsule
    • Diencephalon
      • Basal ganglia
        • Caudate nucleus
        • Putamen
        • Globus pallidus
      • Thalamus
      • Hypothalamus
    • Brainstem
      • Midbrain
      • Pons
      • Medulla
      • Cerebellum
    • Spinal cord
      • Cervical
      • Thoracic
      • Lumbar
      • Sacral            
  • Peripheral nervous system
    • Root
    • Plexus
    • Nerve
    • Neuromuscular junction
    • Muscle

TRACTS, PATHWAYS, SYSTEMS

  • Wernicke-Geschwind aphasia model
  • Corticospinal tract
  • Extrapyramidal system
  • Limbic system
  • Visual pathways
  • Spinocerebellar pathway
  • Spinothalamic pathway
  • Posterior column - medial lemniscus pathway

 

ARTERIAL SUPPLY

  • Aorta
    • Brachiocephalic artery
      • Right vertebral
      • Right common carotid
    • Left vertebral
    • Left common carotid
  • Anterior circulation
    • Common carotid (L & R)
      • Internal carotid (L & R)
        • Ophthalmic artery (L & R)
        • Anterior choroidal (L & R)
        • Middle cerebral artery (L & R)
          • Lenticulostriate arteries (L & R)
        • Anterior cerebral artery (L & R)
          • Anterior communicating artery
  • Posterior circulation
    • Vertebral arteries (L & R)
      • Anterior spinal artery
      • Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (L & R)
      • Basilar artery
        • Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (L & R)
        • Superior cerebellar artery (L & R)
        • Posterior cerebral arteries (L & R)
          • Thalamogeniculate arteries (L & R)
          • Posterior communicating arteries (L & R)