Overview

This classic, succinct, well-illustrated textbook simplifies neuroscience content to focus coverage on the essentials and helps students learn important neuroanatomical facts and definitions. Descriptions and illustrations of the regional anatomy of the central nervous system are followed by accounts of the functional pathways. The level of treatment is suited to increasingly shorter neuroanatomy courses for medical and allied health students. The Ninth Edition features new and improved artwork, updates in current trends and terminology, and additions/updates to the Cranial Nerves chapter and Cells of the Nervous System chapter. It contains a companion Website that offers online text, more than 450 interactive multiple-choice review questions, case studies, glossary, eponyms, abbreviations, an expanded version of selected chapters, and images from the book.

Full Product Details

Author:   John A. Kiernan
Publisher:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Imprint:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Edition:   9th revised North American ed
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.817kg
ISBN:  

9780781782562

ISBN 10:   0781782562
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   27 August 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781451173277
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction and Neurohistology Chapter 1 Development, Composition, and Evolution of the Nervous System Chapter 2 Cells of the Nervous System Chapter 3 Peripheral Nervous System Chapter 4 Imaging Techniques and Neuroanatomical Research Methods Part II: Regional Anatomy of the Central Nervous System Chapter 5 Spinal Cord Chapter 6 Brain Stem: External Anatomy Chapter 7 Brain Stem: Nuclei and Tracts Chapter 8 Cranial Nerves Chapter 9 Reticular Formation Chapter 10 Cerebellum Chapter 11 Diencephalon Chapter 12 Corpus Striatum Chapter 13 Topography of the Cerebral Hemispheres Chapter 14 Histology of the Cerebral Cortex Chapter 15 Functional Localization in the Cerebral Cortex Chapter 16 Cerebral White Matter and Lateral Ventricles Chapter 17 Olfactory System Chapter 18 Limbic System: The Hippocampus and the Amygdala Part III: Review of the Major Systems Chapter 19 General Sensory Systems Chapter 20 Visual System Chapter 21 Auditory System Chapter 22 Vestibular System Chapter 23 Motor Systems Chapter 24 Visceral Innervation Part IV: Blood Supply and the Meninges Chapter 25 Blood Supply of the Central Nervous System Chapter 26 Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid Glossary of Neuroanatomical and Related Terms Index

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