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Neuroanatomical Glossary
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(=
- )
(=
)
(= )
(= Luschka)
(= Magendie)
( Sylvius)
(= )
, ,
Broca
(= 4)
(= )
parabigeminal
parastriate (=area 18)
parolfactory (=subcallosal)
peristriate (=area 19)
postrema
precommissural (=septal)
prefrontal
premotor
preoptic
prepyriform
pretectal
sensory, primary
secondary
septal (=precommissural)
somesthetic (=somatosensory),
primary
secondary
striate (=primary visual)
(= 18)
(=)
(= 19)
(=)
(=)
subcallosal (=parolfactory)
tegmental, ventral (Tsai)
vestibular
visual, primary (=striate)
(=)
( Tsai)
(=
)
(=)
(=)
secondary
Astrocyte(s), fibrous
protoplasmic
subependymal
Axolemma
Axon
collaterals
hillock
terminals
Band, diagonal (Broca)
of Baillarger
of Gennari (=line of Gennari)
of Giacomini
Barrier, blood-brain
blood-cerebrospinal fluid
Body, caudate nucleus
corpus callosum
fornix
geniculate, lateral
(=
)
( Broca)
Baillarger
Gennari
Giacomini (=
)
-
-
medial
juxtarestiform
lateral ventricle (=central part)
mammillary
paraterminal
pineal (=epiphysis)
pituitary (=hypophysis)
restiform
trapezoid
Bordercell
Boutons, terminaux (=end feet)
Brachium, conjuctivum (=superior
cerebellar peduncle)
inferior colliculus
pontis (=middle cerebellar
peduncle)
superior colliculus
rain stem
Bulb, olfactory
Bundle, anterolateral (Gowers)
(=anterolateral fasciculus)
dorsal noradrenergic
efferent cochlear (=olivocochlear)
forebrain, basal
medial (=medial telencephalic
fasciculus)
olfactory of Ammon's horn
(Zuckerkandl)
olivocochlear (=efferent cochlear)
predorsal (=tectospinal tract)
(= )
(=)
( Gowers)
(=)
(Zuckerkandl)
( Schutz)
( Turk)
( Vicq
d'Azyr)
Calamus, scriptorius
Calcar, alvis
Canal, central
Capsule, external
extreme
internal
Cauda, equina
( Betz)
(
Meynert)
Golgi
Golgi
( Cajal)
Schwann
(=
Chiasm, optic
Chromatolysis
Cingulum
Circuit, of Papez
Cistern(a), ambiens
cerebellomedullary (=magna)
chiasmatic
interpeduncular
lumbar
pontine
subarachnoid
superior
Claustrum
Cleft, Schmidt-Lantermann
synaptic
Colliculus, facial
inferior
superior
Column, Clarke (=thoracic nucleus)
fornix
Commissure, anterior
cerebellar
fornical (=hippocampal or
psalterium)
of Ganser (=anterior hypothalamic)
gray, spinal cord
anterior
posterior
of Gudden (=ventral supraoptic)
habenular
hypothalamic, anterior (Ganser)
inferior colliculus
of Meynert (=dorsal supraoptic)
superior colliculus
supraoptic, dorsal (Meynert)
ventral (Gudden)
posterior
Papez
(=)
Schmidt-Lantermann
Clarke (= )
(
Ganser)
(
Gudden)
(
Ganser)
(
Meynert)
(
Meynert)
(
Gudden)
supramammillary
white, spinal cord
Complex, amygdaloid nuclear
inferior olivary
trigeminal
ventrobasal
vestibular
Conus, medullaris
Cord, spinal
Corona, radiata
Corpus, amygdaloideum (=amygdala)
callosum
cerebelli
Luysi (=subthalamicum, subthalamic
nucleus)
medullare, cerebellum
parabigeminum
pontobulbare
striatum
Cortex, agranular
auditory
cerebellar
cerebral
entorhinal
frontal
medial
granular (=koniocortex)
gustatory
heterotypical (=heterogenetic)
homotypical (=homogenetic)
motor
olfactory, primary
secondary
periamygdaloid
prefrontal
premotor
prepyriform
retrosplenialis
sensory
somatosensory (=somesthetic)
striate
vestibular
visual
Crest, neural
Crus, anterior commissure, anterius
(=)
( Luys)
(=)
posterius
cerebri (=cerebral pedunculus)
fornix
Culmen
Cuneus
Declive
Decussation, lateral lemniscus
medial lemniscus
pyramidal
superior cerebellar peduncle
supraoptic, dorsal (=dorsal
supraoptic commissure)
ventral (=ventral supraoptic
commissure)
tegmental, dorsal (Meynert)
ventral (Forel)
ventral trigeminothalamic tract
Degeneration, retrograde
secondary (Waller)
Dendrite
Diencephalon
Digitations, hippocampus
(
Meynert)
(
Forel)
( Waller)
Eminence, collateral
medial (=hypoglossal trigone)
median
olivary
ncephalon
nlargement, cervical (=cervical
intumescence)
lumbosacral (=lumbosacral
intumescence)
Ependyma
Epithalamus
Falx, cerebelli
cerebri
Fascia dentata (=dentate gyrus)
Fasciculus(i), anterolateral
arcuate
basal forebrain
(= )
( Schultze)
( Lissauer)
( Schutz)
( Meynert)
( Russell)
(=)
(=)
short
auditory, primary
secondary
caudatopallidal
cerebellovestibular
cholinergic
climbing
commissural
corticobulbar
corticofugal
corticonuclear (=corticonuclear
tract) )
corticopontine
corticoreticular
corticorubral
corticostriate
corticotectal
corticotegmental
corticothalamic
cuneocerebellar
efferent
hippocampohypothalamic
intracortical
mossy
myelinated
nigrostriatal
nigrothalamic
noradrenergic
nucleocortical
olivocerebellar
pallidotegmental (=pallidoreticular
pallidosubthalamic
pallidothalamic
parallel
periventricular
pontocerebellar(=transverse pontine)
radial, cerebral cortex
reticulocerebellar
retinohypothalamic
retinotectal
rubrobulbar
rubrocerebellar
rubro-olivary
-
(=
(=)
(= tract)
(=)
somatic, afferent
efferent
spinotectal
strionigral
striopallidal
subthalamopallidal
tengential, cerebral cortex
thalamocortical
thalamostriate
trigeminocerebellar, primary
secondary
unmyelinated
vestibulocerebellar, primary
secondary
visceral, afferent
efferent
Field H, Forel (=tegmental field H
of Forel, prerubral field)
receptive
visual
Filum(a) olfactoria,
radicularia
terminale
Fimbria, hippocampus
Fissure(), ansoparamedian
anterior, median
cerebral, lateral (Sylvius)
transverse
choroidal
hippocampal
horizontal
interhemispheric (=longitudinal)
intrabiventeris
longitudinal, cerebrum (=interhemispheric)
posterolateral (=prenodular)
prebiventeris
precentral
preculminata
prepyramidal
(=)
-
-
(=)
(=)
( Forel)
( Sylvius)
primary
secondary
superior, posterior
Flexure, pontine
Flocculus
Fluid, cerebrospinal
Folds, neural
Folium (a), cerebellar
vermis
Foramen, cecum, anterior
posterior
interventricular (Monro)
of Luschka (=lateral aperture of
fourth ventricle)
of Magendie (=median aperture of
fourth ventricle)
Forceps, corpus callosum, anterior
(=major)
posterior (=minor)
Forebrain (=prosencephalon)
Formation, hippocampal(=hippocampus)
reticular
lateral
medial
mesencephalic
pontine, paramedian
(=)
( Monro)
(
Luschka)
(
Magendie)
(=)
(=)
(=)
Fornix
postcommissural
precommissural
Fossa, interpeduncular
rhomboid
Funiculus, anterior
anterolateral
lateral
posterior
posterolateral
Ganglion(a), basal
cervical, superior
ciliary
geniculate
otic
pterygopalatine
spinal
(=)
submandibular
trigeminal (Gasser)
vestibular (Scarpa)
Genu, corpus callosum
facial nerve
internal capsule
Gland, pineal
Glia
Glioblast
Globus pallidus
Glomerulus(i), cerebellar
lateral geniculate body
olfactory
Groove, neural
Gyrus(i), ambiens
angular
breves,insula (=short insular gyri)
cuneus
dentate (=fascia dentata)
diagonal
fasciolar
frontal, inferior
middle
superior
of Heschl (=transverse temporal)
insular, long (=longus, insula)
short (=breves, insula)
intralimbic
lingual
longus,insula (=long insular gyrus)
occipital, lateral
occipitotemporal, lateral
medial
orbital
parahippocampal
paraterminal
postcentral
precentral
rectus
semilunar
subcallosal
supracallosal (=indusium
griseum)
( Gasser)
( Scarpa)
(=)
(=)
cingulate
(= )
(
Heschl)
(=
)
supramarginal
temporal, inferior
middle
superior
transverse (Heschl)
uncinate
Habenula
Head, caudate nucleus
Hemisphere, cerebellar
cerebral
Hindbrain (=rhombencephalon)
Hippocampus, precommissural
retrocommissural
supracommissural
Homunculus, motor
sensory
Horn, of Ammon
lateral ventricle,anterior(=frontal)
inferior (=temporal)
posterior (=occipital)
gray, anterior
lateral
posterior
Hypophysis
Hypothalamus
Incisure, cerebellar, anterior
posterior
preoccipital
uncus
Indusium griseum (=supracallosal
gyrus)
Infundibulum
Insula (=island of Reil)
Interbrain (=Diencephalon)
Intumescence, cervical (=cervical
enlargement)
lumbosacral (=lumbosacral enlargement)
Island, of Reil (=insula)
Isocortex (=homotypical cortex)
Isthmus, cingulate gyrus
rhombencephalon
(
Heschl)
A
()
()
()
(= )
(= )
( Reil)
( Reil)
(= )
Juxtallocortex
(= )
Lamina(ae) affixa
medullary, pallidum, lateral
medial
Rexed
terminalis
thalamus, external
internal
Layer(s), fusiform (=multiform)
granular, external
internal
infragranular
molecular (=plexiform)
multiform (=fusiform)
plexiform (=molecular)
Purkinje cell
pyramidal, external
internal
supragranular
Lemniscus, lateral
medial
trigeminal
Leptomeninx
Limb, internal capsule, anterior
posterior
Limen, insula
Line, Gennari (=band of Gennari)
Lingula, cerebellum
Lobe(s), central, insula
cerebellum, anterior
posterior
flocculonodular
frontal
hypophysis, anterior (=adenohypophysis)
posterior (=neurohypophysis)
limbic
occipital
pyriform
temporal
Lobule, alar central
ansiform
Rexed
(V VI)
Purkinje
(-)
Gennari
,
(=)
()
biventer
central
gracile
paracentral
parietal, inferior
superior
quadrangular, anterior
posterior
semilunar, inferior (=crus II)
superior (=crus I)
simple
Locus ceruleus
(=)
Macroglia
Massa intermedia (=Interthalamic
adhesion)
Mater, dura
pia
Matter, gray
white
Medulla oblongata (=myelencephalon)
Membrane, pia-glial
Mesaxon, external
internal
Mesencephalon (=midbrain)
Mesocortex (=cingulate gyrus)
Metathalamus
Metencephalon
Microglia
Midbrain (=Mesencephalon)
Myelencephalon (=medulla oblongata)
Neocerebellum
Neocortex (=isocortex)
Neopallium
Neostriatum
Neuraxis (=central nervous system)
Neuroblast
Neuroglia
Neurohypophysis (=posterior lobe of
hypophysis)
Neurolemma (=sheath of Schwann)
Neuron, association
bipolar
gamma motor
(= )
(= )
(= )
(=)
(=
)
(= Schwann)
-
multipolar
unipolar
Neuropil
Neuropodia (=end feet, boutons
terminaux)
Neuropore, anterior
posterior
Nodulus
Nucleus(i), abducens nerve
accessory nerve
accumbens septi
ambiguus
amygdaloid (=amygdaloid nuclear
complex)
anterior
basal
accessory
central
cortical
lateral
medial
ansa lenticularis
anterior, median
thalamus
arcuate, medulla
hypothalamus (=infundibular)
basalis (Meynert)
Bechterew (=superior vestibular
nucleus)
caudate
central (=nucleus of Perlia)
cervical
inferior, raphe
superior
centromedian (=centre median)
cervical, lateral
cochlear, anteroventral
dorsal
posteroventral
ventral
(=
)
( Meynert)
( Bechterew)
(=
Perlia)
(
Bechterew)
)
Darkschewitsch
( Deiters)
Clarke
(= Clarke, )
(=) dorsomedial,
-
( Edinger-Westphal) emboliform
Forel
-
(=
)
( Cajal)
posterior, thalamus
lateral geniculate body
lateral lemnsicus, dorsal
ventral
lateral olfactory tract
lentiform
limitans
mammillary, intercalated
(=intermediate)
lateral
medial
medial geniculate body
medial, thalamus
median eminence
mesencephalic, trigeminal nerve
midline, thalamus
motor, facial nerve
trigeminal nerve
occulomotor, accessory
olfactory, anterior
olivary, accessory, dorsal
medial
inferior
superior
(=oval area)
parabigeminal
parabrachial, lateral
medial
paracentral
parafascicular
paralemniscal
paramedian reticular
paratenial
paraventricular, hypothalamus
thalamus
pedunculopontine
pericornualis anterior
periolivary
peripeduncularis
Perlia (=central)
pigmentosus pontis (locus ceruleus)
(=
) oval
(= Perlia)
pontine
pontobulbar
posterior commissure
posterior, hypothalamus
posteromarginal
pregeniculate
preolivary
preoptic, lateral
medial
periventricular
prepositus
pretectal, principal
principal sensory, trigeminal nerve
proprius, anterior horn
posterior horn
raphe, central, inferior
superior
dorsal
magnus
medial
obscure
pallidus
pontine
red (=ruber)
relay, thalamus
reticular, medulla,gigantocellular
lateral
paramedian
ventral
spinal cord
thalamus
reticularis, pontis, caudalis
oralis
tegmenti pontis (Bechterew)
retroambiguus
reuniens
rhomboidal
Roller
salivatory, inferior
superior
septal, lateral
medial
(=)
( Bechterew)
Roller
solitary tract
spinal, trigeminal nerve
subcuneiform
subthalamic (Luys)
subthalamus
superior olive, lateral
medial
suprachiasmatic
supraoptic, hypothalamus
supraspinal
tegmental, dorsal (Gudden)
pedunculopontine
ventral
thoracicus (=column of Clarke)
trapezoid, dorsal
ventral
triangular (=medial vestibular)
trochlear nerve
tuberal
tuberomammillary
ventral, anterior, thalamus
lateral lemniscus
lateral, thalamus
posterior, thalamus
inferior, thalamus
posterolateral, thalamus
posteromedial, thalamus
ventromedial, hypothalamus
vestibular, inferior
lateral (Deiters)
medial (triangular)
superior (Bechterew)
Obex
Oligodendroglia
Olive, inferior
superior
Operculum, frontal
parietal
temporal
Organ(s), circumventricular
( Luys)
( Gudden)
(= Clarke)
-
-
-
( Deiters)
subcommisural
subfornical
Pachymeninx (=dura mater)
Paleocerebellum
Paleopallium
Paleostriatum
Pallidum (=globus pallidus)
Pallium
Pathway(s), auditory
autonomic, central
descending
corticopontocerebellar
discriminative sensibility
gustatory
monoamine (=monoaminergic)
olfactory
optic (=visual)
pain and temperature
proprioceptive
reticular
vestibular
visual (=optic)
Peduncle(s), cerebellar, inferior
(=restiform body)
middle (=brachium pontis)
superior (=brachium conjunctivum)
cerebral
flocculus
mammillary body
superior olive (=efferent cochlear
bundle)
thalamic, anterior (=frontal)
inferior (=temporal)
posterior (=occipital)
superior (=centroparietal)
Perikaryon
Perineurium
Pes, lemniscus, lateral
medial
Phagocytosis
Pinocytosis
Plate(s), alar
basal
cerebellar
( )
(=
)
floor
foot (=perivascular feet)
neural
quadrigeminal
roof
Plexus choroid, fourth ventricle
lateral ventricle
third ventricle
Pole, frontal
insular
occipital
temporal
Pons
Portion, retrolenticular,internal
capsule
sublenticular
Precuneus (=quadrate lobule)
Prosencephalon (=forebrain)
Presubiculum
Proprioceptors
Psalterium
Pulvinar
Putamen
Pyramid, medulla
Pyramis, vermis
Radiation(s), auditory
corpus callosum
internal capsule
optic
somatosensory
thalamic (=thalamocortical)
Receptors
Recess, fourth ventricle, lateral
infundibular
optic
pineal
suprapineal
Region, basal olfactory
mamillary
preoptic
pretectal
septal
subthalamic
supraoptic
(=)
(=)
(= )
(=)
(=)
tuberal
Retina
Ridge, hippocampal
Rhinencephalon
Rhombencephalon (=hindbrain)
Root, spinal nerve, dorsal
ventral
Rostrum, corpus callosum
Schwann ()
subependymal
Stria(e), acoustic, dorsal
intermediate
ventral
longitudinal, medial
lateral
medullares
medullaris, thalamus
olfactory, lateral
medial
terminalis (=semicircularis)
Striatum
Subiculum
Substance(-tia),central gray,midbrain
pons
chromophil (=chromophilic)
gelatinosa (Rolando)
gray, intermediate
periaqueductal
innominata
nigra
perforated, anterior
posterior
Sulcus(i), anterolateral, medulla
spinal cord
basilar
calcarine
callosal
callosomarginal (=cingulate)
central, insula
Rolando
cingulate (=callosomarginal)
circular, insula
collateral
cruciate
diagonal
ectomarginal
ectosylvian, anterior
posterior
endomarginal
fimbriodentate
frontal, inferior
middle
superior
hippocampal
hypothalamic
insular, central
intraparietal
lateral (Sylvius)
limitans
lunate
Rolando
(=)
(=)
( Rolando)
(=)
( Sylvius)
marginal
median, rhomboid fossa
oblique
occipital, anterior
lateral
transverse
occipitotemporal
olfactory
paracentral
parieto-occipital
parolfactory, anterior
posterior
postcentral
posterior, intermediate
median, spinal cord
posterolateral, spinal cord
precentral
presylvian
rhinal
Rolando (=central)
subparietal
suprasylvian, anterior
posterior
temporal, inferior
middle
superior
transverse
terminal, thalamus
transverse, rhombencephalic
Synapse, axoaxonic
axodendritic
axosomatic
chemical
electrical
System(s),ascending reticular
activating
auditory
central nervous (=neuraxis)
non specific afferent (=extralemniscal)
corticospinal
epicritic
extrapyramidal
hypophyseal, portal
limbic
( Rolando)
(=)
parasympathetic (=craniosacral)
protopathic
somatic, general, afferent
efferent
special, afferent
sympathetic (=thoracolumbar)
trigeminal
visceral, general, afferent
efferent
special, afferent
efferent
visual
Tail, caudate nucleus
Tapetum
Tectum
Tegmentum, midbrain
pons
Tela, choroidea, fourth ventricle
lateral ventricle
third ventricle
Telencephalon
Tenia, chorioidea
fibriae
fornicis
thalami
ventriculi quarti
Tentorium, cerebelli
Thalamus
onsil, cerebellar
ract(s), bulbospinal
Burdach (=cuneate
fasciculus)
comma (Schultze, fasciculus
interfascicularis)
corticobulbar
corticopontine
corticorubral
corticospinal (=pyramidal),
anteriolateral (Barnes)
anterior (Turk)
(=)
(=)
(=)
(=
( Burdach)
( Schultze)
(=) (Barnes)
(=)
( Turk)
lateral
(=)
corticostriate
corticotectal
corticothalamic
cuneocerebellar
dentatoreticular
dentatorubral
dentatothalamic
fastigiobulbar(=uncinate fasciculus) (
)
frontopontine
Gall (=fasciculus gracilis)
( Gall)
geniculocalcarine
geniculotemporal
habenulointerpeduncular(=fasciculus (=retroflexus)
Meynert)
Helweg (=olivospinal)
( Helweg)
interstitiospinal
mammilotegmental
mammilothalamic
(Vicq d'Azyr)
occipitopontine
olfactory
olivocerebellar
optic
parietopontine
parietotemporopontine
-
pyramidal (=corticospinal), anterior lateral
reticulocerebellar
reticulospinal
rubrobulbar
rubro-olivary
rubrospinal
septomarginal
solitariospinal
solitary
spinocerebellar, anterior
posterior
rostral
spino-olivary
spinoreticular
spinospinal
spinotectal
spinothalamic, anterior
lateral
spinovestibular
supraopticohypophysial
tectopontine
tectoreticular
tectospinal
tegmental, central
medial
ventral
temporopontine
triangular
trigeminal, mesencephalic
spinal
trigeminothalamic, dorsal
lateral
ventral
tuberohypophysial
tuberoinfundibular
vestibulocerebellar
vestibulomesencephalic
vestibulospinal, lateral
medial
vestibulothalamic
Triangle, Phillippe-Gombault
Trigone (trigonum), habenular
collateral
hypoglossal
lemnisci
olfactory
vagal (=ala cinerea)
Tuber, vermis
cinereum
Tubercle, acoustic
amygdaloid
anterior, thalamus
cuneate
gracilis
olfactory
trigeminal
Uncus
Uvula, vermis
( ) tectobulbar
Philippe-Gombault
(= )
Vallecula cerebelli
Velum, medullary, inferior
superior
Ventricle, fourth
lateral
third
Vermis, cerebellum
Vesicle, cerebral
synaptic
Villi, arachnoid
Zone(a), incerta
intermediate
Lissauer
(=)
Lissauer