Midsagittal section of the brain

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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. Sagittal view of the brain.
Structures labelled on this plate
- splenium of corpus callosum
- praecuneus
- sulcus of corpus callosum
- marginal portion of sulcus cinguli
- central sulcus
- paracentral lobule
- pineal body
- pineal recess
- posterior commissure
- tela chorioidea of third ventricle (transverse fissure of cerebrum)
- intermed. mass of thalamus
- subparietal sulcus
- parieto-occipital fissure
- gyrus cinguli et thalamus
- body of corpus callosum
- lamina quadrigemina
- body of fornix
- lam. of sept. pellucidum
- subfrontal portion of sulcus cinguli
- cuneus
- interventricular foramen
- vermis of cerebellum superior portion
- column of fornix
- anterior commissure
- calcarine fissure
- occipital pole
- superior frontal gyrus
- lingual gyrus
- occipital lobe
- cerebellar hemisphere
- frontal pole
- medullary substance of vermis
- genu of corpus callosum
- vermis of cerebell. (inf. portion)
- rostrum of corpus callosum
- parolfact. area
- calamus scriptorius
- central canal
- posterior parolfactory sulcus
- anterior parolfactory sulcus
- spinal cord
- subcallosal gyrus
- hypothalamic sulcus
- tela chorioidea of fourth ventricle
- lam. terminalis
- anter. medullary velum
- cerebral aqueduct
- pons
- medulla oblongata
- fourth ventricle
- hypo-physis
- poster. lobe
- anter. lobe
- oculo-motor nerve
- mammillary body
- posterior perforated substance
- optic recess
- optic nerve
- optic chiasma
- infundibulum
Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.