Anatomy of the brain: the most important structures

 and their English and Latin names

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 AtoZ index of Latin name of labelled neuroanatomy structures

 AtoZ index of English name of labelled neuroanatomy structures

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1. Cutting the brain coronally

Caudatum, putamen, corpus callosum, internal capsule, frontal gyri, cingulate gyrus, temporal pole, lateral ventricle, striatum, septum pellucidum, frontoorbital gyri, middle cerebral artery Corpus callosum, internal capsule, amygdala, putamen, pallidum, optic chiasm, insula, cingulate gyrus, internal capsule, globus pallidus, optic tract, claustrum, external, extreme capsules, cerebral crus, hippocampus Fornix, cingulate gyrus, caudatum, thalamus, globus pallidus, mammillary body, internal capsule, hippocampus, insula, lentiform nucleus, frontal lobe, diencephalon Caudatum, cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, insula, internal capsule, putamen, thalamus, red nucleus, cerebral crus, base of pons, lateral, third ventricles, substantia nigra, fornix, corpus callosum, pulvinar, interpeduncular fossa Lateral ventricle, pineal body, pulvinar, insula, fornix, lateral geniculate body, hippocampus, cingulate gyrus, internal capsule, splenium of corpus callosum, cerebral aqueduct, decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle, brachium of inferior colliculus, choroid plexus Lateral and medial lemnisci, pontine nuclei, decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle, cerebral aqueduct, superior colliculus, pontocerebellar tract, brachium of inferior colliculus Inferior olive,  dentate, emboliform and globose nuclei, cerebellar vermis, corticospinal tract, fourth ventricle, superior medullary velum, middle and inferior cerebellar peduncles, medial longitudinal fasciculus Frontal and temporal lobes, cerebellum, olfactory nerve, basilar, vertebral and posterior cerebral arteries, cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata, optic chiasm
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Caudatum, putamen, claustrum, fornix, internal, external and extreme capsules, insula, anterior commissure, corpus callosum, cingulate gyrus, lateral ventricle, frontal and temporal lobes, nucleus accumbens Putamen, pallidum, caudatum, claustrum, internal, external, extreme capsules, amygdala, anterior commissure, fornix, corpus callosum, cingulate gyrus, lateral ventricle, thalamus Thalamus, basal ganglia, lateral and third ventricles, mammillary body, mammillothalamic and mammillotegmental fasciculi, fornix, insula, corpus callosum, optic tract, cingulate gyrus, internal, external and extreme capsules Thalamic nuclei, substantia nigra, lateral geniculate body, red nucleus, fornix, corpus callosum, caudatum, interpeduncular fossa, lateral and third ventricles, basilar artery, cerebral crus, hippocampus, fasciculus retroflexus, thalamus, substantia nigra Corpus callosum, fornix, cingutate gyrus, cerebral aqueduct, pulvinar, nedial and lateral geniculate bodies, caudatum, lateral ventricle, decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle, base of pons, hippocampus, substantia nigra
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2. Sections stained for myelin

Gracile and cuneate nuclei, spinothalamic tract, pyramidal decussation, spinal trigeminal tract and nucleus, gracile and cuneate fasciculi Inferior olive, pyramidal tract, hypoglossal nucleus, solitary tract, inferior cerebellar peduncle, medial lemniscus, dorsal vagus nucleus, ventral and dorsal spinocerebellar tracts, tectospinal tract, medial longitudinal fasciculus Superior and middle cerebellar peduncles, medial and lateral lemnisci, pontine nuclei, pontocerebellar tract, cerebellum, fourth ventricle, pyramidal (corticospinal) tract, medial longitudinal fasciculus Pontine nuclei, medial and lateral lemnisci, medial longitudinal fasciculus,  central tegmental tract, superior cerebellar peduncle, pontocerebellar tract Lateral and medial lemnisci, base of pons, medial longitudinal fasciculus, central tegmental tract, inferior colliculus, middle cerebellar peduncle Superior and inferior colliculi, lateral and medial lemnisci, central gray substance, superior and middle cerebellar peduncles, cerebral aqueduct, pontocerebellar and corticospinal tracts, central tegmental tract, cerebral aqueduct, pontine nuclei, medial longitudinal fasciculus
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Mesencephalon: inferior colliculus, central gray substance, medial and lateral lemnisci, substantia nigra, pyramidal tract, frontopontine and temporopontine tracts, decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle Mesencephalon: superior colliculus, red nucleus, cerebellar crus, interpeduncular fossa, pulvinar, medial geniculate body, oculomotor nuclei, cerebral aqueduct, substantia nigra Thalamus, thalamic nuclei, fornix, mammillary body, lentiform nucleus, putamen, pallidum, caudatum, internal capsule, optic tract, lenticular, mammillothalamic, princeps mammilary tracts, interthalamic adhesion, cerebral crus
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Tracts of the Spinal Cord


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Compiled and designed by Katalin Hegedüs, MD., PhD.

Neuropathology Laboratory, Department of Neurology
University of Debrecen, Hungary


Created: September 28, 1998
Last modified: May 19, 2001