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Dorsal view of the medulla and spinal cord

Dorsal view of the medulla and spinal cord — Brain and spinal cord
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After Morris's Human Anatomy; modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Dorsal view of the medulla and spinal cord. Posterior view of the spinal cord.

Region
spinal cord
Structure
spinal nerve root
View
posterior
System
brainstem, cerebellum, ventricles, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, meninges
Focus
dorsal and ventral spinal nerve roots, dorsal root ganglia, conus medullaris and filum terminale, cauda equina

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Middle peduncle
  • inferior peduncle
  • Superior peduncle of the cerebellum
  • Median sulcus of 4th ventricle
  • Glosso-pharyngeal
  • Vagus
  • Spinal accessory
  • Clava
  • Ligamentum denticulatum
  • III
  • Posterior median sulcus
  • VIL
  • VIII
  • A ventral root
  • A dorsal root
  • VII
  • XII
  • Conus medullaris
  • Filum terminale surround-ed by cauda equina
  • Spinal ganglion

Source: After Morris's Human Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Morris's Human Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.