NETTER - Neuroscience Flash Cards

Anatomy of the Basal Surface of
the Brain, with the Brain Stem
and Cerebellum Removed
1. Genu of corpus callosum
2. Olfactory tract
3. Pituitary gland
4. Optic tract
5. Mammillary bodies
6. Cerebral peduncles (crus cerebri)
7. Lateral geniculate body (nucleus)
8. Medial geniculate body (nucleus)
9. Pulvinar
10. Uncus
11. Parahippocampal gyrus
12. Medial occipitotemporal gyrus
13. Lateral (Sylvian) fissure
14. Orbital gyri
Comment: A basal view of the cerebral cortex reveals some limbic
structures, such as the olfactory bulb and tract, mammillary bodies,
uncus, and parahippocampal gyrus, as well as temporal lobe cortical
regions under which the amygdala (rostrally) and the hippocampal
formation (middle region) are found. Several important thalamic
regions are also directly visible, such as the medial geniculate body
(auditory processing), lateral geniculate body (visual processing), and
the pulvinar (some visual processing).
Overview of the Nervous System See book 3.7