Essential Clinical Neuroanatomy

Preface

Acknowledgments         

About the companion website  

PART 1: Neuroanatomy of the Central Nervous System

1 Overview of the nervous system 

2 Blood vessels, meninges, and ventricles

3 Neurodevelopment       

4 Peripheral nervous system

5 Autonomic nervous system

6 Spinal cord         

7 Medulla oblongata         

8 Pons     

9 Midbrain

10 Diencephalon   

11 Telencephalon 

12 Cerebellum       

13 Spinal tracts       

PART 2: The Sensory, Motor and Integration Systems

14 Visual system   

15 Auditory and vestibular system 

16 Olfaction and taste         

17 Central motor control    

18 Limbic system  

19 Cortical integration        

20 Imaging essentials

Answers to study questions        

Answers to figures

Glossary 

Index   

Accessible, visually stimulating guide to clinical neuroanatomy, striking the perfect balance between regional and functional content

Essential Clinical Neuroanatomy, 2^nd Edition discusses the anatomy of the nervous system from the clinical perspective in easy-to-understand language, providing descriptions of the sensory, motor, and integration systems within the nervous system. Illustrations are included throughout in the clinical view using the axial radiologic standard of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

To enable seamless reader comprehension, the text includes case studies, study questions, boxes of interest to highlight the clinically relevant neuroanatomy, learning objectives, an outline of each chapter’s material to be covered, multiple choice questions, and further reading resources.

Essential Clinical Neuroanatomy, 2^nd Edition contains information on:

• Topics important to clinical medicine, but often neglected in other neuroanatomy texts, such as trauma, infection, and congenital considerations
• Includes recent reviews and references with a focus on the cortical chapter and the imaging chapter where there is significant ongoing research
• Two new chapters on the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems
• Use of imaging studies used in clinical neuroanatomy, including how to evaluate these images
• Neuroanatomy of the central nervous system, covering an overview of the nervous system, blood vessels, meninges, and ventricles, neurodevelopment, the spinal cord, brain stem, cerebellum and cortex
• Sensory, motor, and integration systems, covering the visual system, auditory and vestibular system, olfaction and taste, central motor control, the limbic system and cortical integration

Essential Clinical Neuroanatomy, 2^nd Edition is the perfect resource for medical and health science students taking a course on neuroanatomy and as an on-going companion during those first steps in clinical practice. The text is also useful for those reviewing neuroanatomy for major licensing or competency examinations (National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) United States Medical Licensure Exams (USMLE).

Thomas H. Champney, Ph.D. Professor, Educator Track, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA.