Chapter 3 Links-Structure of the

Nervous System

The Cranial Nerves: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/mainframe.htm

The 12 cranial nerves are the topic of this site. A

summary table covers the modality and function of

each nerve while a separate frame for each nerve describes its origin

and projection complemented by a color photo of the location of the

nerve.

Visible Human Cross Sections: http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/vhp/Visible.htm

This site provides an updated version of the Visible Human project.

Students can select cross sections taken from either a male or female.

Many of the sections can also be viewed as an MRI image or as a CT

image. Finally, the site is a good source of labeled images for faculty

lectures.

Growth Cone Movies: http://gramercy.ios.com/~pab9/Invitro.html

This site provides faculty with a series of downloadable movies (MPEG

format) illustrating in vitro growth cone activity.

Axial MRI Images: http://www.comed.uky.edu/body/mainbody.html

This site at the University of Kentucky offers a series of 50 axial MRI

sections of a human male from the waist to the brain. The sections can

be navigated by clicking on a bodymap or by jumping one up or down

by either one or two frames.

Neurology Exam: http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/neuro/index.html

The site provides details on how to conduct a neurological examination.

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit: http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html

This site provides access to an interactive exercise involving the

dissection of a "virtual" frog.

Human Anatomy On-Line: http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html

This interactive site provides over a hundred diagrams of the human

body.

Talking skeleton: http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/oa/Bin/skeleton.html

This unusual site provides students with access to a virtual skeleton.

Clicking on one of the 206 bones of the skeleton will bring up a sound

clip that identifies the bone.

The Brain: http://rpiwww.mdacc.tmc.edu:80/se/anatomy/brain/

The site provides access to dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the

human brain that are of use in the study of gross brain anatomy.

Tutorials and Databases on Neuroanatomy: http://www.dote.hu/~hegedus/anatomy.htm

This site provides a collection of links to neuroanatomy databases.

Computer Image Guide to Neuroanatomy: http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/courses/neuroscience/courseware/internetbrain/

This site provides a good summary of gross neuroanatomy with

separate movies illustrating brain anatomy evident in dorsal, ventral,

lateral, and saggital views. Each movie allows for a term to be selected

that will in turn highlight the corresponding neural structure (and vice

versa). The image guide can be run on either a MAC or IBM computer

but requires that the Shockwave plugin be installed prior to use and that

the monitor resolution be set at 1024 x 768.

Sheep Brain Atlas: http://web.mit.edu/org/b/bcs/www/sheepatlas/sheep.htm

This site provides a Web-based tour of the gross anatomy of the sheep

brain. The site could be used by faculty during an in-class

demonstration of neuroanatomy or could be used as a source of images

for lecture.

Sheep Brain Web Page: http://spider.albion.edu/student/rjageman/sheep/sheep.htm

This site provides the instructor with a series of sheep brain sections

that can be used to quiz students on their knowledge of the sheep brain

gross anatomy. The site would be useful as a lab practical exercise for

neuroanatomy.

Wisconsin/Michigan State Brain Collections: http://www.neurophys.wisc.edu/brain/

Students can browse through sample images of brain from a variety of

species ranging from insect to human. Instructors will find this site a

resource for lecture images on comparative neuroanatomy.

Pathology of Drug Abuse: http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/DRUG/DRUG.html

This site contains a collection of slides related to the pathologies in brain

and peripheral tissues engendered by smoking, alcohol consumption,

and cocaine abuse.

Whole Brain Atlas: http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

This Harvard University site contains a mixture of neuroanatomy study

slides of normal brain as well as brains sustaining damage from disease,

stroke, and aging. Most of these are MRI sections.

Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology on the Internet: http://www.dote.hu/~hegedus/index.html

This reference Web site has a number of links to other sites relevant to

neuroanatomy and pathology. The site also has links to books and

journals.

Practical Anatomy of the Brain: http://www2.umdnj.edu/~neuro/neuro/labman/labman.htm

This site contains a Web-based laboratory course on the neuroanatomy

of the human brain offered at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical

School. Students use a human brain atlas in combination with the Web

materials. The course is organized into sections on surface anatomy, the

brain stem, and the prosencephalon. Instructors wishing to create a

Web-based laboratory on neuroanatomy could use this site.

Neuroanatomy Study Slides: http://www.mcl.tulane.edu/student/1997/kenb/neuroanatomy/readme_neuro.html