DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY

Head and Neck

Dr. SREEKANTH THOTA

Brain
 During development the brain can be
divided into five continuous parts.
1. Telencephalon (cerebrum)
2. Diencephalon
3. Mesencephalon (midbrain)
4. Metencephalon
5. Myelencephalon (medulla
oblongata)
 Cerebrum -The largest division of the brain.
It is divided into two hemispheres, each of
which is divided into four lobes.

Cerebrum
Cerebrum

Cerebellum

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Cerebral Cortex - The outermost layer of
gray matter making up the superficial
aspect of the cerebrum.

Cerebral
Cortex

Cerebral Cortex
 Gyri (ridge)

Sulci
(groove)

Fissure
(deep groove)
Specific
Sulci/Fissures:
Central Sulcus

Longitudinal
Fissure

Sylvian/Latera
l Fissure

Transverse Fissure
 Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal

* Note: Occasionally, the Insula is considered the fifth lobe. It is

located deep to the Temporal Lobe.
Click the Region to see its
Name
Homunculus
 Consistsof the
Thalamus,
hypothalamus,
and other related
structures.
 Cerebellum
and the
Pons
 The brain receives it arterial supply from two
pairs of vessels, the vertebral and internal
carotid arteries , which are interconnected
in the cranial cavity to produce an arterial
circle (of Willis).
 The internal carotid arteries arise in the neck
from the common carotid arteries.
Each internal carotid artery enters the
cranial cavity through the carotid canals in
the petrous part of the temporal bones.
The terminal branches of the internal
carotids are the anterior and middle cerebral
arteries.
 The vertebral arteries begin in the root of
the neck as the first branches of the first
part of the subclavian arteries.
The cervical parts of the vertebral arteries
ascend through the transverse foramina of
the first six cervical vertebrae.
Sac-like outpouching in a cerebral blood vessel, which can seem berry-shaped
Complications: Subarachnoid hemorrhage
 Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms
are aneurysms of the brain vasculature which
occur in small blood vessels (less than
300 micrometre diameter).