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Rhombencephalon _(hindbrain)

Myelencephalon

• medulla oblongata
• medullary pyramids
• Medullary cranial nerve nuclei
• Inferior salivatory nucleus
• Nucleus ambiguus
• Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve
• Hypoglossal nucleus
• Solitary nucleus

Metencephalon

• pons
• Respiratory centres
• pneumotactic centre
• apneustic centre
• Pontine cranial nerve nuclei
• chief or pontine nucleus of the trigeminal nerve sensory nucleus (V)
• motor nucleus for the trigeminal nerve (V)
• abducens nucleus (VI)
• facial nerve nucleus (VII)
• vestibulocochlear nuclei (vestibular nuclei and cochlear nuclei) (VIII)
• Superior salivatory nucleus
• paramedian pontine reticular formation

• cerebellum
• cerebellar vermis
• cerebellar hemispheres
• anterior lobe
• posterior lobe
• flocculonodular lobe
• cerebellar nuclei
• fastigial nucleus
• globose nucleus
• emboliform nucleus
• dentate nucleus

Mesencephalon _(midbrain)

• tectum
• inferior colliculi
• superior colliculi
• mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, Aqueduct of Sylvius)
• cerebral peduncle
• midbrain tegmentum
• ventral tegmental area
• Red Nucleus
• crus cerebri
• pretectum

Prosencephalon _(forebrain)

Diencephalon

epithalamus

• pineal body
• habenular nuclei
• stria medullares
• tenia thalami

third ventricle

thalamus

• anterior nuclear group
• anteroventral nucleus
• anterodorsal nucleus
• anteromedial nucleus
• medial nuclear group
• medial dorsal nucleus
• midline nuclear group
• paratenial nucleus
• reuniens nucleus
• rhomboidal nucleus
• intralaminar nuclear group
• centromedial nucleus
• parafascicular nucleus
• paracentral nucleus
• central lateral nucleus
• central medial nucleus
• lateral nuclear group
• lateral dorsal nucleus
• lateral posterior nucleus
• pulvinar
• ventral nuclear group
• ventral anterior nucleus
• ventral lateral nucleus
• ventral posterior nucleus
• Ventral posterior lateral nucleus
• Ventral posterior medial nucleus
• metathalamus
• medial geniculate body
• lateral geniculate body
• thalamic reticular nucleus

hypothalamus _{(limbic system) (HPA axis)}

• Anterior
• Medial area
• Parts of preoptic area
• Medial preoptic nucleus
• Suprachiasmatic nucleus
• Paraventricular nucleus
• Supraoptic nucleus (mainly)
• Anterior hypothalamic nucleus
• Lateral area
• Parts of preoptic area
• Lateral preoptic nucleus
• Anterior part of Lateral nucleus
• Part of supraoptic nucleus
• Other nuclei of preoptic area
• median preoptic nucleus
• periventricular preoptic nucleus
• Tuberal
• Medial area
• Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
• Ventromedial nucleus
• Arcuate nucleus
• Lateral area
• Tuberal part of Lateral nucleus
• Lateral tuberal nuclei
• Posterior
• Medial area
• Mammillary nuclei (part of mammillary bodies)
• Posterior nucleus
• Lateral area
• Posterior part of Lateral nucleus
• optic chiasm
• subfornical organ
• periventricular nucleus
• infundibulum
• tuber cinereum
• tuberal nucleus
• tuberomamillary nucleus
• tuberal region
• mammillary bodies
• mammillary nucleus

subthalamus_{(HPA axis)}

• thalamic nucleus
• zona incerta

pituitary gland _{(HPA axis)}

• neurohypophysis
• intermediate pituitary
• adenohypophysis

Telencephalon (cerebrum)

White matter

• Corona radiata
• Internal capsule
• External capsule
• Extreme capsule
• Arcuate fasciculus
• Uncinate fasciculus

Subcortical

• Amygdala _{(limbic system) (limbic lobe) (paleopallium)}
• Central nucleus_{(autonomic nervous system)}
• Medial nucleus_{(accessory olfactory system)}
• Cortical and basomedial nuclei_{(main olfactory system)}
• Lateral and basolateral nuclei_{(frontotemporal cortical system)}
• Hippocampus _{(limbic system) (limbic lobe) (archipallium)}
• Dentate gyrus
• Cornu ammonis (CA fields)
• Claustrum
• Basal ganglia
• Striatum_{(archipallium)}
• Putamen
• Caudate nucleus
• Nucleus accumbens
• Globus pallidus (forms nucleus lentiformis with putamen)
• Subthalamic nucleus
• Substantia nigra

Rhinencephalon _{(paleopallium)}

• Olfactory bulb
• Piriform cortex
• Anterior olfactory nucleus
• Olfactory tract
• Anterior commissure

Lateral ventricles

Cerebral cortex _(neopallium)

• Frontal lobe
• Cortex
• Primary motor cortex (Precentral gyrus, M1)
• Brodmann area 4 _{(Primary motor cortex)}
• Prefrontal cortex
• Supplementary motor cortex
• Premotor cortex
• Gyrus
• Superior frontal gyrus
• Middle frontal gyrus
• Inferior frontal gyrus
• Brodmann areas: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47
• Temporal lobe
• Cortex
• Primary auditory cortex (A1)
• A2
• Inferior temporal cortex
• Posterior inferior temporal cortex
• Gyrus
• Superior temporal gyrus
• Middle temporal gyrus
• Inferior temporal gyrus
• Fusiform gyrus
• Parahippocampal gyrus
• Brodmann areas: 9, 20, 21, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42
• Parietal lobe
• Cortex
• Primary somatosensory cortex (S1)
• S2
• Posterior parietal cortex
• Gyrus
• Postcentral gyrus _{(Primary somesthetic area)}
• Other
• Precuneus
• Brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 _{(Primary somesthetic area)}; 5, 7, 23, 26, 29, 31, 39, 40
• Occipital lobe
• Cortex
• Primary visual cortex (V1)
• V2
• Gyrus
• Lateral occipital gyrus
• Other
• Cuneus
• Brodmann areas 17 _{(V1, primary visual cortex)}; 18, 19
• Insular cortex
• Cingulate cortex
• Subgenual area 25
• Anterior cingulate
• Posterior cingulate
• Retrosplenial cortex
• Indusium griseum
• Brodmann areas 23, 24; 26, 29, 30 _{(retrosplenial areas)}; 31, 32

Neural pathways

• arcuate fasciculus
• cerebral peduncle
• corpus callosum
• pyramidal or corticospinal tract

• Major dopamine pathways _{dopamine system}
• mesocortical pathway
• mesolimbic pathway
• nigrostriatal pathway
• tuberoinfundibular pathway

• Serotonin Pathways _{serotonin system}
• Raphe Nuclei

Cerebrospinal systems

Neuronal systems

• central nervous system
• peripheral nervous system
• somatic nervous system
• autonomic nervous system
• sympathetic nervous system
• parasympathetic nervous system
• enteric nervous system
• submucosal plexus
• myenteric plexus

Cognitive systems

• senses and sensory systems
• olfactory system
• primary olfactory cortex
• visual system
• Auditory system
• Music and the brain

Volitive systems

• motor system
• extrapyramidal system
• pyramidal tract
• alpha system
• gamma system

• Spinal cord
• brain stem
• cranial nerves
• Cranial nerve, (0)
• Olfactory nerve, (I)
• Optic nerve (II)
• Oculomotor nerve (III)
• Trochlear nerve(IV)
• Trigeminal nerve (V)
• Abducens nerve (VI)
• Facial nerve (VII)
• Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
• Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
• Vagus nerve (X)
• Accessory nerve (XI)
• Hypoglossal nerve (XII)

Neurocrine systems

• limbic system
• HPA axis

Vascular systems

• venous systems
• circle of Willis (arterial system)
• blood-brain barrier
• blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

Dural meningeal system

• brain-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
• meningeal coverings
• dura mater
• arachnoid mater
• pia mater
• epidural space
• subdural space
• arachnoid septum
• ventricular system
• cerebrospinal fluid
• subarachnoid space
• third ventricle
• fourth ventricle
• lateral ventricles
• Anterior horn
• Body of lateral ventricle
• Inferior horn
• Posterior horn
• superior cistern
• cistern of lamina terminalis
• chaismatic cistern
• interpeduncular cistern
• pontine cistern
• cisterna magna
• spinal subarachnoid space