IPHY 3410-100

Instructor: Dr. Leif Saul
Fall 2009

Lecture 20 Outline

NERVOUS SYSTEM (cont'd)

III. Brain (cont'd)

a. Introduction (cont'd)

3. Cerebrospinal fluid





* Choroid plexus







* Circulation of CSF









4. Meninges

* Function



* Dura mater






* Arachnoid mater




* Pia mater



- Role of meninges in circulation of CSF



















Hydrocephalus (clinical highlight)





b. Telencephalon

1. Overview

* Gyri

* Sulci

* Lobes





* Layers







2. Cerebral cortex



A. Introduction









B. Frontal lobe



- Primary motor cortex



- Premotor cortex



- Prefrontal cortex




Clinical examples

* Phineas Gage





* Prefrontal lobotomy





C. Parietal lobe


- Integrates sensory information


- Somatosensory cortex






Alzheimer's Disease (clinical highlight)




D. Occipital lobe

- Primary visual cortex




- Visual association area




E. Temporal lobe

- Auditory cortex




- Olfactory cortex







F. Insula

- Sense of balance

- Taste



- Integrate sensory information



- Emotion


3. White matter

* Commissural fibers




* Association fibers


* Projection fibers




4. Deep gray matter of cerebrum

* Basal ganglia







Deep brain stimulation (clinical highlight)




* Basal forebrain nuclei




c. Diencephalon

1. Thalamus






2. Hypothalamus









3. Epithalamus





Home | Outlines

Last modified: November 4, 2009
This page has been visited 11957 times since Aug. 25, 2008.