Oblique frontal section through the brain in the direction of the cerebral peduncles and the pyramids. (seen from in front.)

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After Morris's Human Anatomy; modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Oblique frontal section through the brain in the direction of the cerebral peduncles and the pyramids. (seen from in front.). Coronal view of the brain.

Region: brain
View: coronal
System: cortex, basal ganglia, ventricles, white matter, brainstem, cerebellum, cranial nerves, special sense
Focus: basal nuclei, ventricular system, cerebral peduncles, pons and cerebellum

Structures labelled on this plate

Superior frontal gyrus
Longitudinal fissure
Body of corpus callosum
Radiation of corpus callosum
Anterior horn of lateral ventricle
Head of caudate nucleus
Septum pellucidum
Chorioid plexus of lat- lateral ventricle
Radiation of corpus striatum
Corona radiata
Putamen
Column of fornix
External capsule
Chorioid plexus of third ventricle
Insula
Internal capsule
Claustrum
Thalamus
Globus pallidus
Third ventricle
Optic tract
Interpeduncular fossa
Mammillary body
Inferior cornu of lateral ventricle
Oculo-motor nerve
Cerebral peduncle
Trigeminal nerve
Facial and cochlear nerves
Brachium pontis
Longitudinal pyramidal fasciculi of pons
Flocculus
Cerebellum
Glosso-pharyngeal nerve
Superficial fibres of pons
Vagus nerve
Inferior olivary nucleus
Pyramid
Decussation of pyramids

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