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Upper spinal cord, hindbrain, and midbrain, posterior view

Upper spinal cord, hindbrain, and midbrain, posterior view — Brain and spinal cord
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Upper spinal cord, hindbrain, and midbrain, posterior view. Posterior view of the brain.

Region
brain
Structure
brainstem
View
posterior
System
brainstem, cranial nerves, arteries, bone, meninges, peripheral nerves
Focus
dorsal brainstem, rhomboid fossa, cranial nerve roots, cerebellar peduncles

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Trochlear nerve
  • Trigeminal nerve
  • Facial nerve
  • Acoustic nerve
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve
  • Vagus nerve
  • Accessory nerve (cranial part)
  • Hypoglossal nerve
  • Accessory nerve (spinal part)
  • Occipital bone
  • Post. roots of first cervical nerve
  • Medulla spinalis
  • Dura mater (laid open)
  • Corpora quadrigemina
  • RHOMBOID FOSSA
  • Cerebral peduncle
  • Superior peduncle
  • Middle peduncle
  • Inferior peduncle
  • Vertebral artery
  • Clava
  • Fasciculus cuneatus
  • Fasciculus gracilis

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