Regional anatomy
Neuroanatomy · நரம்பியல் அமைப்பு
The brain, brainstem and spinal cord, and the way the parts sit against one another.
Not shown here. Tracts, nuclei and the internal structure of the brain are not modelled: this is external and sectional form only.
Structures in this region
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Brain
The organ filling the cranial cavity, with the folded cerebral hemispheres above and the brainstem and cerebellum below and behind.
NEET pointsCerebellum
Behind and below the cerebrum, with a deeply folded surface.
NEET pointsMidbrain
Pons
Medulla oblongata
The lowest part of the brainstem, continuous with the spinal cord.
NEET pointsThalamus
Hypothalamus
Corpus callosum
Spinal cord
Continues from the medulla and runs down inside the vertebral column.
NEET pointsOptic nerve
Pituitary gland
Sits in the sella turcica, a bony cavity of the skull, and is attached to the hypothalamus by a stalk.
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