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Midsagittal section of the brain and ventricles

Midsagittal section of the brain and ventricles — Brain and spinal cord
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Midsagittal section of the brain and ventricles. Sagittal view of the brain.

Region
brain
View
sagittal
System
cortex, ventricles, white matter, brainstem, cerebellum, cranial nerves
Focus
medial cerebral cortex, corpus callosum and fornix, diencephalon and ventricular system, brainstem and cerebellum

Structures labelled on this plate

  • splenium of corpus callosum X
  • precuneus
  • subparietal sulcus
  • sulcus of corpus callosum
  • marginal portion of sulcus cinguli
  • central sulcus
  • paracentral lobule
  • pineal body
  • pineal recess
  • posterior commissure X
  • tela chorioidea of third ventricle X (transverse fissure of cerebrum)
  • intermed. mass of thalamus X
  • parieto-occipital fissure
  • gyrus cinguli
  • body of corpus callosum X
  • body of fornix X
  • lamina quadrigemina X
  • lam. of sept. pellucidum
  • subfrontal portion of sulcus cinguli
  • interventricular foramen
  • column of fornix
  • cuneus
  • anterior commissure X
  • superior frontal gyrus
  • vermis of cerebellum superior portion X
  • calcarine fissure
  • occipital pole
  • lingual gyrus
  • occipital lobe
  • cerebellar hemisphere
  • medullary substance of vermis X
  • vermis of cerebell. (inf. portion) X
  • calamus scriptorius
  • central canal
  • spinal cord X
  • tela chorioidea of fourth ventricle X
  • anter. medullary velum X
  • medulla oblongata X
  • fourth ventricle
  • pons X
  • cerebral aqueduct
  • oculo-motor nerve
  • posterior perforated substance
  • mammillary body
  • hypo-physis X
  • poster. lobe
  • anter. lobe
  • optic recess
  • optic nerve
  • optic chiasma X
  • infundibulum X
  • subcallosal gyrus
  • hypothalamic sulcus
  • lam. terminalis X
  • parolfact. area
  • anterior paraolfactory sulcus
  • posterior paraolfactory sulcus
  • frontal pole
  • genu of corpus callosum X
  • rostrum of corpus callosum X

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