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Horizontal section through the basal ganglia and brainstem

Horizontal section through the basal ganglia and brainstem — Brain and spinal cord
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Horizontal section through the basal ganglia and brainstem. Coronal view of the brain.

Region
brain
View
coronal
System
cortex, basal ganglia, ventricles, white matter, brainstem, cerebellum, cranial nerves
Focus
cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, ventricular system, brainstem

Structures labelled on this plate

  • radiation of corpus callosum (frontal portion)
  • superior frontal gyrus
  • anterior horn of lateral ventricle
  • longitudinal fissure of cerebrum
  • body of corpus callosum ×
  • septum pellucidum
  • columns of fornix ×
  • thalamo-mammillary fasciculus
  • hypothalamic nucleus
  • head of caudate nucleus
  • third ventricle
  • internal capsule
  • parietal lobe
  • lenticular nucleus
  • gyri of insula
  • external capsule
  • lateral cerebral fissure
  • claustrum
  • tail of caudate nucleus
  • temporal lobe
  • putamen
  • globus pallidus
  • inferior horn of lateral ventricle
  • hippocampus
  • optic tract
  • substantia nigra
  • base of peduncle ×
  • nucleus of mammillary body
  • brachium of pons
  • longitudinal (pyramidal) fasciculi of pons
  • intermediate nerve + acoustic nerve
  • facial nerve
  • root filaments of glossopharyng. nerve / root filaments of vagus nerve
  • olivary nucleus
  • spinal cord
  • decussation of pyramids
  • choroid plexus of ventr. IV
  • flocculus of cerebellum
  • interpeduncular fossa

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.