Laboratories 4 and 5

These labs will help you because it reveals the larger internal structures of the brain. You will see these structures extensively as a physician, because the imaging revolution (e.g. MRI, CT, etc) will reveal your patients' internal workings.

In these labs you will apply names to large and small structures and learn their close neighbors.

At this web site, you will see an illustration in the upper left hand corner, showing a blue line demarcating each section within the brain. This will correspond with the photographic section of the brain which will replace the text you are reading in subsequent pages.

Study Questions

What structures are seen in a frontal section at the level of the genu of internal capsule?
What relationships does the caudate nucleus have to the lateral ventricle?
What arteries supply the arterial blood to the: internal capsule; hippocampus; occipital lobe?
What is medial to the posterior limb of internal capsule?
The thalamic somato-sensory radiations are found in what part of internal capsule?

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Laboratories 4 and 5 - Brain Sectioning

Laboratories 4 and 5 -
Brain Sectioning